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It depends on who you are. There is a nice quote from a very good answer from @sv:

It depends on who you are. There is a nice quote from a very good answer from @sv:

Suppose I have 2 perpendicular sides of triangle, which are only known to me. Can anyone tell me the length of the 3rd side? No! But still the 3rd side exists. Any helper at best can tell me to use the "Pythagoras method". Similarly, the amount of your knowledge (GyAna) and type of actions (Karma) are only known to you. No one can objectively tell your Dharma, but you. Yes of course there can be methods, which can be subscribed from the eternal truths derived from scriptures.
Dharma will differ person to person, more or less, because all individual are different. Neither they have exactly same knowledge, nor do they act similarly.

'How' -- Natural Selection.
'particular' -- Ofcourse, no single answer. Quite possible that, if you and me are put in a "particular" situation and we may act differently, yet both act perfectly in Dharma.

Above 2 verses say it all. There are always fault (findings) in all the actions. But just because the actions are faulty, one should not abandon them; If really abandoned then, such wrongful sacrifice is RAjasika [BG 18.8].
e.g.

• Lot of bacteria are killed when we boil the food, but then we don't play with our health
• The environment is polluted when vehicles run on the road; But in today's time, the economies will collapse if people stop commuting the way they do today;

So we prioritize the actions depending on situations. It doesn't mean, that we don't have any commitment towards environment & correct ourselves. But the corrections have to be "natural" rather than "abrupt".
"Natural Selection" isn't guaranteed to be harmless, it's just the path of "possible least harm", which can miserably fail as well. Still it's preferred.
Being natural allows us to not to be conscious about our (false) self.

Suppose I have 2 perpendicular sides of triangle, which are only known to me. Can anyone tell me the length of the 3rd side? No! But still the 3rd side exists. Any helper at best can tell me to use the "Pythagoras method". Similarly, the amount of your knowledge (GyAna) and type of actions (Karma) are only known to you. No one can objectively tell your Dharma, but you. Yes of course there can be methods, which can be subscribed from the eternal truths derived out of relevant scriptures.
Though not entirely, Dharma will differ person to person more or less, because all individual are different. Neither they have exactly same knowledge, nor do they act similarly.

'How' -- Natural Selection.
'particular' -- Ofcourse, no single answer. Quite possible that, if you and me are put in a "particular" situation, where we may act differently, yet both act perfectly in Dharma.

Above 2 verses say it all. There are always faults (findings) in all the actions. But just because the actions are faulty, one should not abandon them; If really abandoned then, such wrongful sacrifice is RAjasika [BG 18.8].
e.g.

• Lot of bacteria are killed when we boil the food, but then we don't play with our health to save them
• The environment is polluted when vehicles run on the road; But in today's time, the economies will collapse if people stop commuting the way they do today;

So we prioritize the actions depending on situations. It doesn't mean that we don't have any commitment towards environment & correcting ourselves. But the corrections have to be "natural" rather than "abrupt".
"Natural Selection" isn't guaranteed to be harmless, it's just the path of "possible least harm", which can miserably fail as well. Still it's preferred.
Being natural allows us to not to be conscious about our 'false' self.

Following Swa Dharma = SAtvik action(s)
_{Don't limit SAtvik with a very calm & non-violent person alone.}

"How" can we decide what is dharma, in a "particular" situation.

"How" -- Natural Selection.
"particular" -- Ofcourse, no single answer. Quite possible that, if you and me are put in a "particular" situation and we may act differently, yet both act perfectly in Dharma.

"Natural Selection" is the way of SAtvik life. It's neither "Selfish Selection" (RAjasic) nor "Random Selection" (TAmasic).

Above 2 verses say it all. There are always fault (findings) in all the actions. But just because the actions are faulty, one should not abandon them; If really abandoned then, such wrongful sacrifice is RAjasic[BG 18.8].
e.g.

Dharma is eternal truth, I am sure it is unchangeable

so what is dharma for Rama and Krishna is dharma for me.

someone with intent of destroying asks about my address, what should I do

Manusmriti Dictates that bramhachari should not communicate with any female ...

Finally, all the actions are not in anyway our control. They are done by God. e.g. Not fighting the war was not a choice for Arjuna. It was just a momentarily frustration before the battle started. He was anyway destined to fight:

Following Swa Dharma = SAtvika action(s)
_{Don't limit SAtvika with a very calm & non-violent person alone.}

One easy way to decide right/wrong is to keeping your self in others' shoes (situation). Will I like if done with me?

"'How' can we decide what is dharma, in a 'particular' situation.

'How' -- Natural Selection.
'particular' -- Ofcourse, no single answer. Quite possible that, if you and me are put in a "particular" situation and we may act differently, yet both act perfectly in Dharma.

"Natural Selection" is the way of SAtvika life. It's neither "Selfish Selection" (RAjasika) nor "Impulsive Selection" (TAmasika).

Above 2 verses say it all. There are always fault (findings) in all the actions. But just because the actions are faulty, one should not abandon them; If really abandoned then, such wrongful sacrifice is RAjasika [BG 18.8].
e.g.

"Dharma is eternal truth, I am sure it is unchangeable"

"so what is dharma for Rama and Krishna is dharma for me."

"someone with intent of destroying asks about my address, what should I do?"

"Manusmriti Dictates that bramhachari should not communicate with any female ..."

Finally, all the actions are not in anyway our control. They are done by God. e.g. Not fighting the war was not a choice for Arjuna. It was a temporary repulsion before the battle started. He was anyway destined to fight: