One has to follow one’s dharma. We have in Bhagavat Geeta Swadharma is the epitome than para dharma. What is swadharma? It is your personal, Family and Social Dharma.
“When you work simply for yourself or for your own personal gain your mind will seldom rise above the limitations of the undeveloped personal life;
But when you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break bounds; your mind transcends limitations;
“Your consciousness expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a new world, a great world, a wonderful world; dormant powers, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a larger man by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”
-- Christian D. Larson, Business Psychology, 1912.
As a person one should do his/her work as a duty / lawfully. We have many avenues of vocation. An Agriculturist, a craftsman, or businessman etc has to do their work with skill. Work is worship and it is the cure of many ailments. Practice is essential for the skill. Skill efficiency increases due to practice. Then good results come in sync in tune. It is necessary for a person to work with discipline (Nista) and skills to get a good name. One shouldnot get convinced by gullible talk in this matter. Improved productivity systems have to be followed (Personal Dharma).
Any product produced, food grains, plastic, almost all are due to physical and mental attributes. But the essentials, water, fire light and air cannot be produced physically. Only intellect is ours. Everything we get from mother, earth, or nature.
For an individual to succeed, parents, brothers, sisters, wife, children, friends, teachers, and many more are the reasons and play a vital role. They are instrumental in us getting our degrees, knowledge etc. Hence we have to share our success, happiness, and wealth with them. Today we stand because of their contribution to our life thru their time, money etc. That’s family Dharma.
When we follow our personal dharma alone, we become alone. Because the output we produce has to be utilized by society in return for our livelihood. Without the society absorbing our produce/service and converting it into wealth for us we are left lurking in darkness. We are dependent on the society. Now the society has to exist hale and healthy to make us survive. It becomes our moral responsibility to safeguard the society in our interest. In fact to keep our family dharma we are dependent on the Social dharma.
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