Dharm and religion.
All the activities in discharge of this mortal being is karma &such activities fall in the group of karmic bhandhan (karmic cycle).
When the laws of nature is upheld in such fulfillment of karmic desire it is dharm.
Religion is a group activity identifying many to one/one to many.
Salvation occurs to individual not to group.
As we were born so we die.-Alone.
Hinduism in the mode of liberation is a thought process.
It enshrines the principles of natural laws.