On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice : 3. Swami Krishnananda
-------------------------------------------------------------------- #OPINION : Saturday, January 16, 2021. 08:09 AM. 2319. Sub : On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice : 3. Swami Krishnananda --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. However, the permission and concession given to desires to fulfil themselves, in the manner indicated, is to be conditioned by the great rule or law, called Dharma. If Dharma, the principle of the righteousness of the law, does not regulate the operation of desires, they cease to be aids in the movement of the spirit towards its perfection. Desires, which are like flowing rivers, get dammed up when they are bottled inside and not channelised in a systematic manner to irrigate life's wholesome involvements. Dharma is law, the regulative principle, which harmonises everything with everything else. 2. The individual has to be a self-balanced purposiveness, integrated healthily, but not opposed to a similar need felt for se