Sanātan Dharma: A Historical Perspective

The Hindu Dharma is Sanatan, eternal. That the Ultimate Reality

is expressed by the Rigvedic expression Tad ekam, That One. It is

without attributes and without form, yet is manifested in many forms

with different attributes and names. It is all pervasive and permeates

all animate beings and inanimate matter. Only one fourth of it is the

phenomenal universe and the rest is beyond. It is Purna. Whole, and

that Purna should be realized. The Self-realization is possible with the

grace of the Ishta-de...