{"id":1051,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/buddhist-thought-on-dhamma-facilitates-the-emancipation-of-upsc-psir-2023-1005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:36","slug":"buddhist-thought-on-dhamma-facilitates-the-emancipation-of-upsc-psir-2023-1005","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/buddhist-thought-on-dhamma-facilitates-the-emancipation-of-upsc-psir-2023-1005\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist thought on Dhamma facilitates the emancipation of political action. Explain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Dhamma = righteousness \/ justice \/ moral law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stands above <i>\u0100n\u0101<\/i> (command) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> guided by it, power freed from greed, turned to welfare<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> in Buddhism politics rooted in ethics <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> command alone not legitimate <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Dhamma gives political action its moral direction <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hence emancipatory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Dhamma superior to state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> empowers order + restrains tyranny <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> force without Dhamma not legitimate <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one standard binds king &amp; subject, public &amp; private acts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power becomes responsibility, else <i>Rativijja<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> emancipation = freedom from greed \/ domination \/ caste arrogance \/ ritual hierarchy \/ self-interest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> worth by conduct not birth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>: morality protecting weak from strong <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reduces suffering, not domination <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no fixed system, only a moral compass <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">A\u015boka<\/b> (welfare \/ impartial justice \/ tolerance) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gandhi<\/b> (<i>Ahimsa<\/i>) + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Thich Nhat Hanh<\/b> (mindful action)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>risk of politicisation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ethno-nationalist capture of Dhamma <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> moral ideals hard to fix in secular institutions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> power must serve welfare <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority morally accountable <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political action guided by Dhamma<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> not a return to moralism, but Dhamma as a moral compass <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority becomes an instrument of moral &amp; social emancipation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1051","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4645,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1051\/revisions\/4645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}