“ Dharma is precisely this 'discipline of ordered existence', a 'belief system that restrains and gives coherence to desires. Gurcharan Das
“ The principle of competition is, as Hesiod pointed out long ago, built in the very roots of the world; there is something in the nature of things that calls for a real victory and real defeat. —IRVING… Gurcharan Das
“ By deceiving Drona, Yudhishthira corrupts his teacher's relationship with the world. So do we every time we lie - we corrupt the 'other' in the same way. Gurcharan Das
“ Despite the many occasions when its characters feel frustrated before the weight of circumstances, and despite blaming their feeling of impotence on daiva, 'fate', moral autonomy shines through in the… Gurcharan Das
