para dharma | पर धर्म

para dharma | पर धर्म

para dharma (Devanagari: पर धर्म ISO15919: para dharma ) is the unchanging eternal duty of all perform. Para means superior. The superior dharma every jiva is to serve God.

This is also referred to by many other names.

  • gunatita dharma (Devanagari: धर्म​​ ISO15919: dharma​) means duty which is beyond the three gunas of Maya .
  • divya dharma (Devanagari: दिव्य धर्म​​ ISO15919: divya dharma ) means the divine duty,
  • bhagavata dharma (Devanagari: भागवत धर्म ISO15919: bhāgavata dharma ) means Godly duty.
  • adhyatmika dharma (Devanagari: आध्यात्मिक धर्म ISO15919: ādhyātmika dharma ) means spiritual duty.
  • spiritual dharma etc.

The opposite of this dharma is apara dharma .

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REFERENCE

Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 8