What is the asian hindu political thought

Hellow friend today we will read about the asian indian political thought.

Introduction

Ancient Indian Political thought is part and parcel of the ancient Indian

Philosophy52. Indian philosophy means the philosophy which originated in the

Indian sub-continent. A central principle of Indian Philosophy is the concept of

‘dharma’. The rules and regulation of Dharma is contained in the

‘Dharmasaastras’. Dharma means the right duty of a person. It means virtuous

path53. It means the "higher truth"54. It is the moral law or natural law. It is the

natural order of things. It is the cosmic55 order. It is the social order. It is the

ethical56 behaviour. Dharma means the duty and responsibility of the individual

and the society. Dharma means service to the community also. Dharma means

self expression also. People must live according to Dharma. It must govern the

life of the individual and the society. It means that each human being has a

purpose of life. Each person has a duty in life. He must perform his duties. This

is the only method of purification of his soul57. By this way he will get ‘nirvana’

or ‘moksha’. Besides Hinduism, Budhism and Jainism also believed in the

concept of Dharma.

There are different types of Dharma also. They are as follows: 1. Vyakti

dharma (the dharma of an individual). 2. Parivarika dharma (family dharma)

(also called kutumba dharma). 3. Samaja dharma (dharma of society), 4.

Rashtra dharma (national dharma). 5. Manava dharma (the dharma of mankind).

6.Varna dharma (professional dharma or dharma of each caste). 7. Apad dharma

(special dharma for exceptional/abnormal situations). 8. Yuga dharma (dharma

for an age). 9. Ashrama dharma (dharma for stage of life).

Following Dharma in life is Justice. Not following Dharma is injustice. It

is the duty of an individual to maintain dharma in his life. It is the duty of the

head of family to maintain dharma in his family. It is the duty of the ruler to

maintain Dharma in his country. There shall be rules and regulations for the

individual, the family, the society and the country to maintain dharma.Maintaining Dharma means justice.

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