Timeline for How can one know their dharma?
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| May 6, 2018 at 19:06 | comment | added | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | Very relevant link: hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/2392/… | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 12:21 | comment | added | Julio Olivieras | Vivekachoodamani 59. Without knowing the supreme Reality, the study of the Sastras is futile. Having known the supreme Reality, the study of the Sastras is again futile. | |
| Apr 29, 2018 at 13:04 | answer | added | Julio Olivieras | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 27, 2018 at 16:35 | history | protected | Sarvabhouma | ||
| Apr 8, 2018 at 19:54 | comment | added | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | @Rickross Thanks for your comment. My initial question was too highly specific to me as personal advice and contained way more than it needed. This made the question I was trying to ask difficult to understand. Pradip's quotation of Swami Tapasyananda is intuitive and is how I decided to proceed since the question had been long unanswered. Hopefully others can gain as much hope and faith from this Q&A as I have. | |
| Apr 8, 2018 at 19:44 | history | edited | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2018 at 19:23 | vote | accept | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | ||
| Apr 7, 2018 at 17:46 | comment | added | zaxebo1 | see hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/10876/… and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purushartha and also purushartha/goal/duty as per his ashrama is given at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashrama_(stage)#Ashrama_and_Purushartha | |
| Apr 7, 2018 at 12:53 | answer | added | Pradip Gangopadhyay | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 31, 2018 at 19:54 | comment | added | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | As a follow up, I decided to return to Uni to pursue a degree in physics. I know that I am predisposed to loving learning, discovery, and knowledge, so perhaps that gives me some idea, but I still am rather lost as to what I "should be" doing in accordance with my dharma. Also, if it helps, Advaita Vedanta appeals the most to me. I can see the truth is other wisdoms, but they all ultimately come back to a non-dual oneness (for me). | |
| Mar 18, 2018 at 20:53 | history | edited | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2018 at 20:48 | history | edited | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Question rewritten after having reread the Gita
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| Nov 27, 2017 at 21:15 | comment | added | user1195 | "I am more interested in learning how to discover my dharma and (perhaps thereby) my artha” this. Artha should always conform to dharma. You don't have to become a renunciate or a hermit. Dharmic fulfillment of desires is allowed bin Hinduism. It is one of the four attainables. Now to your specific circumstance, can you postpone grad studies by a couple of years during which you can earn/save some? What kind of Jobs do you hope to get after grad? Will the income justify the debt? What is the worst if u don't go to grad school? And so on. Good wishes | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 19:44 | comment | added | ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ | @RubelliteFae The greatest Dharma is Atma Dharma. Know thyself. Knowing ourselves is our real Dharma all dharmas are secondary. I recommend you to read teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaja or Jiddu KRISHNAMURTI. You will know your Dharma. Don't read Geeta anymore if already didn't work. | |
| Aug 27, 2017 at 15:42 | comment | added | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | @Rohit. I am currently re-reading the Geeta. | |
| Aug 27, 2017 at 15:36 | history | edited | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fixed previous edit so that the question is closer to my original intent.
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| Aug 27, 2017 at 15:32 | comment | added | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | @ram My elders emphasize artha. They believe that it is more important for me to make money, even if the job is unethical or causes emotio-psychological suffering to myself or others. I have the mind for graduate school, but it requires a lot of debt. I don't like the idea of anyone being indebted to anyone else. So, I'm not certain how to move forward in life. I've thought about becoming an itinerant nun, trading knowledge for bhiksha. I've also contemplated and even attempted to become a hermit. However, I must take medicine, so I cannot see how these options are viable. | |
| Aug 27, 2017 at 5:13 | comment | added | Rickross | You can check my answer here. Hinduism does not encourage renunciation without fulfilling the primary duties first. BTW, your Q has been edited immensely , so not quite sure whether the present Q is the Q u were asking in the original version | |
| Aug 27, 2017 at 3:56 | comment | added | ram | ask your elders (parents), or church priest. god doesn't forsake anyone who surrenders to him. | |
| Aug 27, 2017 at 3:25 | history | edited | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 18:04 | history | edited | ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 17:14 | history | reopened |
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 16:53 | history | edited | iammilind | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 16:28 | comment | added | ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ | You can read Bhagwat Geeta initially to get some clue. | |
| Aug 26, 2017 at 14:55 | history | closed | Keshav Srinivasan♦ | Not suitable for this site | |
| Aug 26, 2017 at 14:51 | history | asked | Rubellite Yakṣiṇī | CC BY-SA 3.0 |