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dharma

[dahr-muh, duhr-] / ˈdɑr mə, ˈdʌr- /
NOUN
buddhist principles
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He says he "had very mixed feelings…given what had happened" but was driven by Hindu belief in dharma which he says involves "doing your duty".

From BBC Mar. 5, 2025

This means focussing on dharma, or the right way to act so that our larger, global communities can work.

From Salon Nov. 11, 2023

Someone could move up or down within this hierarchy depending on their dharma and their accrual of karma during their lifetime.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

It is the dharma of fire to be hot, and of water to cool.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

Kâla does not bring about the changes of qualities, in things, but just as âkas'a helps interpenetration and dharma motion, so also kâla helps the action of the transformation of new qualities in things.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath



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