Dharma is a seminal concept not only in Hinduism but in all religions. Indeed, the term Dharma is often taken as a synonym for religion. Dharma is that which holds things together and it is a concept that applies to all the multifarious fields of human thought and activity. This book presents nineteen articles by eminent scholars and savants that explore that various facets of Dharma.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda