Action & Freedom · Anchored at BG 3.35, BG 18.47.
Universal Dharma, or My Own?
When the shared moral law and your personal svadharma pull apart — as they did for Arjuna — which one binds you?
Concepts and schools in this debate
Questions to explore
- Defend the Gita's claim that one's own flawed dharma beats another's done well — then challenge it.
- Could 'follow your svadharma' ever justify a harmful act? How does the tradition guard against that?