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inner struggle against one’s own weaknesses as well as the struggle against one’s external enemies – those whose characteristics resemble those aspects of himself that the warrior is attempting to purge.
Rather, a kshatriya fights because he knows that it is the reason for his existence, his dharma. He fights to defend the principles of his religion and his community, knowing that if he carries out his duty, regardless of victory or defeat or even his own personal safety, he is destined to attain the highest spiritual platform.
With no significant political forces opposing the conversion of our world into a universal marketplace, the conflict of our time is the struggle to retain one’s humanity in an increasingly artificial world. That is the only battle that retains any genuine significance from a traditional perspective.
The moment the individual succeeds in living as a hero, even if it is the final moment of his earthly life, weighs infinitely more on the scale of values than a protracted existence spent consuming monotonously among the trivialities of cities.
