Aptavani-2
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Real Dharma : Relative Dharma
There are two types of dharma: relative and real.
Relative dharma encompasses workings of the mind, the
speech, the body and all other activities of the non-self. Chanting
mantras (japa) is the dharma of speech. Meditation is dharma
of the mind. Bathing, performing religious rituals are the dharma
of the body.
Everything remains within the parameter of its own
dharma. The mind remains in the dharma of the mind, the
intellect remains within its own dharma, the chit remains in the
dharma of the chit, the ego remains in the dharma of the ego, the
ears remain in the dharma of the ears. Ears do the work of
listening; they are not involved in the action of seeing. The eyes
perform the action of seeing and not listening. The nose is
involved in the action of smelling, the tongue plays its role by
tasting and the tactile sense is involved in the feeling of touch.
Every sense is always involved in the function of its own subject
matter (dharma).
When the mind is involved in its dharma,