A Dharmic framework for life
We're a US-based non-profit on a mission to decode, simplify and contextualize Dharma for your life — easing your personal, professional and societal life, and helping you find purpose.
Roots of the problem, seeds of the solution
While our world is changing rapidly, human needs and psychology are fundamentally the same today as they were thousands of years ago. In them lie the roots of our problems — and the seeds of their solutions.
Dharma holds a profound understanding of both, iterated and passed down over millennia. Yet these solutions are often inaccessible to modern society, obscured by barriers of language, civilizational context, misinterpretation, packaging, and their sheer profoundness and immensity.
Our work is to remove those barriers — so that Dharmic wisdom can once again be lived, not just studied.
Decode. Simplify. Contextualize.
Three moves that turn timeless wisdom into something you can actually use.
Decode
Unlock the deep wisdom embedded in vast Indic knowledge sources, past the barriers of language and time.
Simplify
Distill profound, immense ideas into clear principles without losing their essence.
Contextualize
Reframe that wisdom for the questions of modern personal, professional and societal life.
That which sustains
Indic KnowledgeClick to enlargeThe word dharma comes from the Sanskrit verb dhri — to sustain. Whatever sustains anything, whether an object, a lifeform, or a society, is its Dharma. It is not a matter of belief but a law of nature: a life that follows Dharma, by definition, sustains and thrives.
So what is a Dharmic civilization? A sustainable one — a civilization that sustains the planet, all societies, and all life, both animate and inanimate.
Two ways we bring Dharma to life
Rigorous academic study on one hand, and practical, everyday accessibility on the other.
Our CommunityStudy & scholarship
- Institutions. Establishing centres of academic study within US institutions of higher education that seek to unearth the wisdom of Dharma — promoting its systematic study and enabling its interpretation and application in a modern idiom.
- Grants. Creating visiting and tenured professorships, endowing academic chairs, and granting fellowships and scholarships — while sponsoring research into Dharma's relevance to contemporary, globally significant concerns.
Wisdom for daily life
To unlock the deep Dharmic wisdom embedded in vast Indic knowledge sources — and make it accessible for practical use in your everyday personal, professional and societal life.
- Translating profound ideas out of academic and civilizational barriers.
- Contextualizing timeless insight for the questions of the modern world.
How we do it
The programs through which our mission takes shape.
Academic Conferences
Providing a platform for the presentation of Indic thought and fostering interaction among scholars.
Book Competitions
Conducting competitions that promote exposure to — and the reading of — Indic books.
Research Grants
Sponsoring research that examines the relevance of Dharma to contemporary, globally significant issues.
University Chairs
Creating visiting and tenured professorships and endowing academic chairs for the study of Dharma.
We're hiring
Explore our open roles and help bring Dharma to the world — or support the mission with a contribution.
