dharma

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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

It affects the text’s treatment of dharma, or the right way to act.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

Adherence to dharma helped ensure the universe remained in balance, while failure to do so risked chaos and destruction.

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

The Lot-ordeal: This consists in drawing out of a vessel one of two lots, equivalent respectively to dharma and adharma, right and wrong.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn