JMVRI Issue No. 20 contains two research papers on Maharishi Vedic Science: “Maharishi Vedic Science: Using a Holistic Approach to Literary Analysis to Uncover the Transcendent in William Blake’s vision” (pp. 11–53) by Dr Suzanne Araas Vesely, and “Dharma in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇ in the Light of Maharishi Vedic Science” (pp. 55–99) by Dr William F. Sands.
JMVRI Issue Number 20
JMVRI Paper 20.2
Dharma in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇ in the Light of Maharishi Vedic Science
Author: William F. Sands
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Citation: Sands, W. F. (2022). Dharma in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇ in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 20, 55–99.
Summary (excerpt):
This paper examines verses on Dharma from the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇ in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science. Although modern scholars generally hold Dharma to be the collective mores of the ancient Indian social structure, we find that the Rāmāyaṇ describes Dharma as the total potential of Natural Law, which includes the innumerable Laws of Nature that promote individual and social progress. Furthermore, the Rāmāyaṇ supports Maharishi’s teaching that life in accord with Natural Law is attained through the unfoldment of the total potential of human life.
This paper also shows how the Rāmāyaṇ depicts its central hero, Rām, as the embodiment of Dharma, supporting and upholding the progress of every aspect of the universe from the transcendental level. The Administration of Rām thus portrays an ideal civilisation, in which every citizen lives a fulfilled and prosperous life in full accord with Natural Law. This ideal life is available to every society through the technologies of Maharishi Vedic Science.