What is Dharma ?

In Hinduism, Dharma is seen as the cosmic law both upheld by the gods and expressed in right behaviour by humans, including adherence to the social order. In Buddhism (termed dhamma), it is interpreted as universal truth or law, especially as proclaimed by the Buddha. In Jainism, it is conceived both as virtue and as a kind of fundamental substance, the medium of motion


Everybody thinks about Dharma once in a while. Sometimes it is regarding their own Dharma , at other times regarding someone else's Dharma . We often talk and think about the Adharma done to us by others .
By all this i mean to say all of us think about Dharma . But do we actually know what Dharma is?

Dharma is what gives us the knowledge to live in harmony with everyone and everything around us. This is the reason why people feel peaceful at places that are related to Dharma like a temple , a Church etc. isn't this your experience too? Meaning Dharma is what destroys all the struggles within us and gives us peace.

But how is it possible that a person has no struggle with another person? Think about it..where there is love,is there struggle as well? You will say yes..But if you think about it more , you will realise that the time when we are having these struggles , love is forgotten ..and then lots of feelings are awaken like anger,ego etc but not love ! Because when love wakes up , all the struggles,fights and arguments are forgotten.
 If this kind of love is found for everyone ,not just humans but also animals,insects,trees,grass and everything around us . If we have love for something as small as a twig ...then do you think there will be anything that can make us angry?
The love we have for a single person , if we have the same love for everything in this universe it is termed as compassion . Love for everything and everyone and nothing else.
In reality compassion is the essence of every religion . If Dharma is a tree ,then compassion is the root .
But time and again , people forget about this essence. They hold onto some rules and traditions in the name of Dharma and forget about compassion . Then this world gets filled with struggles , jealously,exploitation and anger, meaning full of Adharma .

People fight with each other in the name of Dharma . Do they know what Dharma is ? If they knew what it meant then there was no reason to fight. 
But often we consider the people who put love before other emotions as weak , people who do not sacrifice their relationships for feelings such as ego. But for a moment think about it ...who is stronger? The people who let these emotions overpower them and forget about love and compassion , or the people who are ready to bend to let love prevail ! ...what do you think?