Advancing interdisciplinary inquiry into Dharmic Intelligence.
Research on ethical discernment, contextual wisdom, and human flourishing — grounded in Sanatana Dharma and engaged seriously with contemporary psychology, ethics, and intelligence theory.
What is Dharmic Intelligence?
Existing theories of intelligence — analytical, emotional, moral, spiritual — do not fully account for context-sensitive ethical judgment, duty over desire, and action aligned with a larger order. Dharmic Intelligence is a proposed construct to name and study that capacity directly.
Dharmic Intelligence (DI) is the capacity to perceive, evaluate, and perform actions aligned with dharma — through contextual moral discernment, self-awareness, compassion, and wisdom — in ways that support the flourishing of oneself, others, and the wider order of things.
Research focus
Four threads currently under active development.
Dharmic Intelligence
Philosophical foundations, conceptual development, and the dimensions of the construct — drawn from the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali.
Comparative Philosophy
Dialogue between Indian philosophical traditions and contemporary psychology, ethics, and theories of intelligence — Gardner, Goleman, and others.
Human Flourishing
Wise action, self-regulation, responsibility, and collective well-being — what it means to act rightly under real constraints.
Responsible AI
Applying dharmic ethical reasoning to AI design, alignment, and human–AI interaction — the questions DharmaMind AI is built to explore in practice.
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, preprints, and working papers — clearly labeled by status, never presented as more settled than they are.
Dharmic Intelligence: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Ethical Discernment and Human Flourishing
Proposes Dharmic Intelligence as a distinct construct alongside existing theories of intelligence, grounded in the Bhagavad Gītā, the Yoga Sūtras, the Upaniṣads, and Buddhist and Jain ethics — with a working definition, eight proposed dimensions, and a path toward empirical validation.
Read the Full Paper →Research principles
Commitments we hold ourselves to.
- 01 Every claim is grounded in primary philosophical sources, cited precisely — not paraphrased folklore.
- 02 Philosophical argument and empirical evidence are always clearly distinguished.
- 03 No single tradition or text is presented as speaking for all of Indian philosophy.
- 04 Work is labeled honestly by status — working draft, preprint, under review, or peer-reviewed — never overstated.
- 05 We remain open to criticism and revision; a version history is kept for every framework we publish.
Disclosure
DharmaMind Research is connected to the DharmaMind technology ecosystem, including DharmaMind AI. Some research may inform DharmaMind products. Any publication with a direct financial or organizational interest will disclose that relationship in the paper itself.