This chapter introduces dharma, which encompasses a set of principles that are designed to help human beings live in a manner that helps them flourish without harming others, thereby maintaining order in society
“Dharma” is a Sanskrit word meaning “purpose.” We each come to feel at some point in our lives that there is something important for us to do, or learn, or experience.As we grow in awareness, we seek to know our dharma, to fulfill our purpose, to somehow have our lives make ...
What is Dharma according to Krishna?Dharma According to KrishnaThe Krishna consciousness teaches a lot about life from the Holy Hindu book. However, it is a movement that was started in the US in the 1900s and has a great following today worldwide. One of its identification is the mantra ...
What is Dharma? There is Hindu Dharma. There is Buddha Dharma. The root of Dharma means ‘support’, so Dharma is ‘that which supports’. Dharma refers to teachings and a way of life which support what the Rg Veda calls ‘Rta’ or ‘Rtam’. The words ‘rhythm' and 'ritual' are d...
God has a relationship with righteousness (dharma) as well as unrighteousness (adharma). To destroy adharma and to uplift dharma is also God’s responsibility. So God is related to everything.In the same way, in the ritual of pooja it is said, ‘Dharmaye namaha, Adharmaye namaha’. ...
The Dharma Bums is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1958. The book is written in a first-person narrative. Kerouac presented a semi-fictional yet highly autobiographical account of his encounter with literary and social figures of the Beat revolution. The term "Dharma Bums" was coined by...
Question: What is the significance of receiving a Dharma name (法名) upon taking Threefold Refuge (三皈依) in the Triple Gem (三宝)? Answer: One receives a secular name (俗名) upon birth, that marks the beginning of one's worldly life and identity. As a
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Dharma Dharma (; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized: dharma, pronounced [dʱɐrmɐ] (listen) (Pali: dhamma) (Tamil: aṟam)) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. There is no direct single-word trans...
Sanatana DharmaOur regular readers will already have noticed that this installment of Hinduism Today is not in our standard format. It is a special issue entirely devoted to a singular topic: What is Hinduism? Our gatefold (pages 3, 4 and 5 of print edition) introduces the subject by ...