dharma
Example Sentences
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Coltrane is also deeply interested in the Buddhist principles of karma and dharma, or the moral duties and obligations to a right way of life, which are sprinkled throughout the novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
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
Bhagavad Gītā: "Better one's own dharma, however ill-performed, than others' dharma, well-performed tho' it be."
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Frank Lee Woodward
