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We have heard of "Dharm" but what actually is Dharm?

In Shrimadbhagavat Maha Puran, Sri Narad Muni answered King Yudhisthira as heard from Narayan ( वक्ष्ये सनातनं धर्मं नारायणमुखाच्छ्रुतम् )

These are the 30 "Dharm" which must be followed by every Human Being.

सत्यं दया तप: शौचं तितिक्षेक्षा शमो दम: ।
अहिंसा ब्रह्मचर्यं च त्याग: स्वाध्याय आर्जवम् ॥ ७.११.८
सन्तोष: समद‍ृक्सेवा ग्राम्येहोपरम: शनै: ।
नृणां विपर्ययेहेक्षा मौनमात्मविमर्शनम् ॥ ७.११.९
अन्नाद्यादे: संविभागो भूतेभ्यश्च यथार्हत: ।
तेष्वात्मदेवताबुद्धि: सुतरां नृषु पाण्डव ॥ ७.११.१०
श्रवणं कीर्तनं चास्य स्मरणं महतां गते: ।
सेवेज्यावनतिर्दास्यं सख्यमात्मसमर्पणम् ॥ ७.११.११
नृणामयं परो धर्म: सर्वेषां समुदाहृत: ।
त्रिंशल्लक्षणवान् राजन्सर्वात्मा येन तुष्यति ॥ ७.११.१२

These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings:

1. Truthfulness,
2. Mercy,
3.Austerity (observing fasts on certain days of the month),
4. Bathing twice a day,
5. Tolerance,
6. Discrimination between right and wrong,
7. Control of the mind,
8. Control of the senses,
9. Nonviolence,
10. Celibacy,
11. Charity,
12. Reading of scripture,
13.Simplicity,
14.Satisfaction,
15. Rendering service to saintly persons,
16. Gradually taking leave of unnecessary engagements,
17. Observing the futility of the unnecessary activities of human society,
18. Remaining silent and grave and avoiding unnecessary talk, considering whether one is the body or the soul,
19. Distributing food equally to all living entities (both men and animals),
20. Seeing every soul (especially in the human form) as a part of the ParaBrahm,
21.Hearing about the activities and instructions given by the ParaBrahm (who is the shelter of the saintly persons),
22. Chanting about these activities and
instructions,
23. Always remembering these activities and
24. Instructions,
25. Trying to render service,
26. Performing worship,
27. Offering obeisances,
28. Becoming a servant,
29. Becoming a friend, and
30. Surrendering one’s whole self.

O King Yudhisthira, these thirty qualifications must be acquired in the human form of life. Simply by acquiring these qualifications, one can satisfy the ParaBrahm.