ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author begins by thanking all his dialogue partners who have responded to his contribution and provided very valuable insights. The responses have led him to reflect on the extent to which we really know about each other's religious beliefs and cultural values in a true sense. His dialogue partners are Charles Taliaferro, Bede Benjamin Bidlack, Jerome Gellman and Freya Mathews. Taliaferro's approach to the concept of love is likely based on the Christian concept of love, which has parallels in Hindu dualistic devotional schools like Madhva's Dvaita and qualified non-dualistic schools such as Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita. Gellman will concede that one can hold to some principle strongly but might have to compromise when faced with a moral dilemma. Mathews correctly points out that dharma is a normative law, as is illustrated in an episode in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad where the origin of dharma is discussed.
