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

It affects the text’s treatment of dharma, or the right way to act.

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

For more than two decades, she along with other community members have taught zazen, yoga and the dharma to women at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Both of these monarchs, while worshipping Śiva, are described as knowing or practising the jñâna or dharma of the Mahayana.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir