The rules of mourning only applies to the immediate family and the house in which the person died. The period of mourning ranges from 3 to 40 days depending on caste, community, lineage or inclination of the mourners. During this period there are no rituals performed at home other than those concerning the deceased person.…
Hindu clergy are divided into two major groups –
Priests & monastics (monks and nuns)
The Monastics - sanyāsis - have renounced the world as well as all ritual activities and should strictly speaking have nothing to do with rituals - other than those they perform for themselves. They are celibate and do not have…
Here’s an interesting aspect of Dharma which makes Hindus the best possible migrants (apart from their technical skills of course!)
Dharma is not only changeable as already conveyed by previous responders, Dharma subject to democratic consensus
According to the Mahabharata, actions opposed by the people (loka-viruddha) are as sinful as those condemned by the Veda…