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.
I have been asked many times, Why do you laugh so much and make so many jokes? I become serious sometimes--when I have a stomachache! The Lord is all blissfulness. He is the reality behind all that exists. He is the goodness, the truth in everything. You are His incarnations. That is what is glorious. The nearer you are to Him, the less you will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from Him, the more will long faces come. The more we know of Him, the more misery vanishes.
-Swami Vivekananda