The word ‘Dharma’ by itself means ‘truth’, which refers to ‘nature’ or ‘the way phenomena naturally is’. This is why Buddhists use ‘the Dharma’, to refer to ‘the truthful teachings of the Buddha, that awaken us to the truth of all dharmas (phenomena)’. (Thus, ‘the Dhar...
Dhamma/Dharma is the doctrine. When the word is dhamma/dharmait means how things are experienced, our experiences, or it is also called phenomena by some scholars. This of course vary as you can see. Experiences of the world varies for an individual. Individuals create their own dhammas....
The word ‘Atman’ is derived from the root wordataby adding the suffixmanin. The wordatameans extraordinary, to go constantly, to obtain, walk, to blow, and to run. The word ‘Atman’means breath; soul; life; self; nature; character; a person as a whole as opposed to one’s parts...
8 sounds similar to the word 'Fa', which means to make a fortune. It contains meanings of prosperity, success and high social status too, so all business men favor it very much. Moreover, in some areas of China, people prefer to pay much more money for a telephone number with 8 in...
making the word darśana. So this word darśana means ‘avalokana, to observe’. Generally, people think that the word darśana means ‘philosophy’ but actually it means ‘avalokana, to observe’. It means ‘sākṣātkāra, direct experience’, and it also means ‘upalabdhi, to attai...
disrupt the peaceful practice of the Dharma. Secondly, they are seen as nurturing deities who promote the spread and sustenance of Dharma by means of good climate and conditions favorable for agricultural pursuits, thus ensuring the survival and stability of human societies where the Dharm...
A question that almost always comes up when women talk about the dharma is how the idea of no-self relates to our ongoing work of examining the expectations, both inner and outer, of what it means to be a woman in a particular culture. If we’ve worked so hard to reclaim our sense ...
Dharma Definition BuddhismKnowledgeof ordutytoundertakeconductsetforthby theBuddhaas awaytoenlightenment. from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition BuddhismOne of thebasic,minuteelementsfrom which allthingsare made.
The Khmer word gun. can indicate others' good deeds, but it primarily means the concept of legacy and debt.16 Gun. mainly refers to the legacies of parents and the debt children owe them, but it also signals the legacies of teachers, deities, the Buddha, tutelary land beings, ancestors ...
The word ‘Bud-dha’ means having realised our true essence,and eliminated all mental defilements.We can all do that. Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awareness remains, drop thoughts and assumptions, eliminating mental defilements, Pure Awareness, silent awareness, spiritual teachings are a myth,...