Charity and swadharma dr shriniwas kashalikar

CHARITY AND SWADHARMA: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR Most of us usually accept that it is good to be charitable. Because most of us agree that being callous, crude and indifferent to the needs of other people is the lowest stage of development of mind. This stage neither allows us to grow from within and manage any form of our stress healthily, nor does it ensure any development of the society. Being kind to others is a higher stage. Kindness to others is actually enriching and fulfilling to self in as much as it benefits many people around us. This is why most of the religions have upheld charity. SWADHARMA is evolved and refined form of charity. SWADHARMA is a highly refined and appropriate solution in the form of proactively allocated duty to different individuals; at different stages of life; according different personal and social relationships, different seasons and different auspicious days! SWADHARMA is not a matter of individual’s feelings, fancies, idiosyncrasies, whims or choice but it is inseparable from an individual’s subjective mind or ego. The importance of SWADHARMA is that it does not give rise inflation of condescending attitude and ego on the one hand and destruction of self esteem and humiliation on the other; as it usually does in case of charity. It is a matter of gong beyond subjective realm and fulfilling various responsibilities and obligations, conducive to global blossoming. These are akin to loans or debts called RUNA. Thus there are PITRU RUNA (debt of father), MATRU RUNA (debt of mother), and SAMAJ RUNA (debt of society) etc. The concept of “repaying these loans” is called DHARMA. Thus there is PUTRA DHARMA (the sacred obligations of a son), MATRU