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

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

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

Because: “Man isn’t the author of anything. All there is is dharma, destiny.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 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

The conception of dharma and adharma in Jainism is absolutely different from what they mean in other systems of Indian philosophy.

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