Dharma

‘Dharma’ has a different connotation for Gandhiji from what is generally meant religion. For him it is a set of duties towards oneself and others. Dharma, for him is not “a mere sophistry” but “a thing to be lived” ; it means to serve, to befriend all, “return good for evil”, “to be kind and full of passion” and “ to treat all men as children of God”. Gandhiji  says: “ When life it short and extremely uncertain, what can we say of our activities ? Only dharma abides; it is imperishable because it is related to Atman. And dharma lies in truth and ahimsa. Whatever we do while following it is proper.”