dharma
pronunciation
How to pronounce dharma in British English:
UK [ˈdɑ:mə]
How to pronounce dharma in American English:
US [ˈdɑrmə]
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- Noun:
- basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
Word Origin
- dharma (n.)
- 1796, in secular sense, "caste custom, right behavior;" in Buddhism and Hinduism, "moral law," from Sanskrit, "law, right, justice," related to dharayati "holds," and cognate with Latin firmus, all from PIE root *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support" (see firm (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Protecting of your dharma use the highest good .
- 2. But I attend some dharma talks and read some dharma books .
- 3. Kornfield 's life seems to have served as the laboratory for his evolving view of the dharma .
- 4. When a relative attended one of my dharma classes recently , she was shocked at how different and alive I became .
- 5. Marxism continues to be fuelled by the existence of prophetic religions , current western education system , failure of capitalism , western notions of culture , and a general lack of understanding of dharma .