MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Dharma Association of North America (DANAM) is to identify strategies for, and undertake, the recovery, reclamation and reconstitution of Dharma traditions for the contemporary global era, with initial focus on Hindu Dharma and subsequently on other Dharma traditions. It seeks to define the unifying vision that underlies all Dharma traditions as well as to communicate the rich diversity of Dharma philosophy and theology, by providing bridges between, and networks among, the practicing Dharma scholars and the Diaspora Dharma communities in North America. It aims to devise methods for the study and resolution of the problems caused by the juxtaposition of religious and national identities within a given cultural context by using the category of Dharma, in contrast to that of ‘Religion’, as the lens through which to view faith and belief systems.