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

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

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

Sala differentiates between mindfulness, which she calls secular meditation, and dharma, which she teaches.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Dharma cannot make the soul or matter move; but if they are to move, they cannot do so without the presence of dharma.

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