Common misconception

Dharma is not one fixed rulebook; what is right can depend on who, where, and when you are.

The question it leaves you holding

When two duties collide, is there a 'higher' dharma — or only the best choice you can defend?

Schools that center this concept

• Vishishtadvaita — Ramanuja's qualified non-dualism: souls and world are real, yet form the body of the one God they depend on.
• Dvaita Vedanta — Madhva's dualism: God, souls, and matter are eternally distinct; liberation is loving nearness, not merger.

Questions to explore

• Is dharma universal, or relative to one's role and age?
• How can the same act be dharma for one person and adharma for another?