Showing posts with label dharma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dharma. Show all posts

Friday, December 17, 2010

What is Dharma?

Google's first two definitions of "dharma" are as follows:

  • basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • The term (Sanskrit: '', dhamma) is an Indian spiritual and religious term that means one's righteous duty, or any virtuous path. A Hindu's dharma is affected by a person's age, class, occupation, and gender. In Indian languages it can be equivalent simply to religion, depending on context. ...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma
Links:

What is Dharma? - article by Ramesh Manocha