Role Of Dhamma In Society

Implementation of Dhamma in society

2.1. Buddhism and Dhamma

Buddha described a path for living with purity, which was a set of beliefs and norms that guided an individual in maintaining social stability in the society. Those set of rules were termed as ‘dhamma’. Dhamma is a Pali text which means ‘Dharma’. The proposition of this term raised in the context of the need for describing Buddhism. It is the ideology that give meaning to Buddhism. Dhamma was teaching preached by scholars of Buddhism . The practice of dhamma includes following a strict discipline. The discipline includes the performance of refraining oneself from indulging in sexual activities, maintaining a discipline in effort for cultivation of wisdom and treating each and every one with love and affection.

It was a practice that leads to attainment of peace. Attainment of peace is

The policy of inscribing the practice of dhamma was an expertise of his mental ability to get hold of a situation. He inscribed his ideas in the form of edicts. As mentioned in his edicts, there was a hierarchical division of officials who controlled the political procedures of the society. These officials were responsible for the implementation of practice of dhamma in the society. The edict mentions a regular performance of ceremony of dhamma at regular intervals of five years during his consecration period. The ceremony starts with beating of drum, its sound was supposed to be the call for presence in the ceremony. The ceremony involved promotion of moral values like respecting your teachers, elders, parents etc., treating everyone with respect and sympathy. His edict mentions a total ban on hunting practices. He promulgated the practice of dhamma by criticizing the sacrificial procedures in festivals. He banned the sacrificial rituals saying that there is much evil in the practice of sacrificing animals during