Dharma (/ ˈ d ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized: dharma, pronounced (); Pali: dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. Although there is no direct single-word translation for dharma in European languages, it is commonly translated as "righteousness", "merit" or "religious and moral duties ...

Egotism is defined as the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself and generally features an inflated opinion of one's personal features and importance distinguished by a person's amplified vision of one's self and self-importance. It often includes intellectual, physical, social, and other overestimations. The egotist has an overwhelming sense of the centrality of the "me ...

The Buddha and His Dhamma, is a 1957 treatise on Buddha's life and philosophy. It was the last work of Indian statesman and scholar B. R. Ambedkar. According to Queen (2015), the text is treated as scripture for those who follow Navayana Buddhism. Publication history. The Buddha and His Dhamma was first published in 1957 in the year following ...

Etymology. The title "Dhammapada" is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations.Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's "doctrine" or an "eternal truth" or "righteousness" or all "phenomena"; at its root, pada means "foot" and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either "path" or "verse" …

Dharma (Sanskrit धर्म dharma; Pali धम्म dhamma; thailändisch ธรรม, RTGS Tham; chinesisch 法, Pinyin fǎ) ist ein zentraler Begriff vieler asiatischer Religionen (u. a. Hinduismus, Buddhismus, Jainismus und Sikhismus), der religionsabhängig unterschiedliche Bedeutungen hat. Dharma kann Gesetz, Recht und Sitte sowie ethische und religiöse Verpflichtungen und Werte ...

Dharma (transcription depuis le sanskrit : धर्म) ou dhamma (depuis le pali : धम्म) est un terme polymorphe et important dans les spiritualités et religions indiennes.Selon le contexte, la définition diffère et le mot offre une large palette de sens [1], [2], théoriquement tous dérivés de la racine sanskrite dhṛ, « porter, soutenir » :

In ultima analisi il termine Dharma assurge a significato di ciò che è coerente con l'ordine dell'universo, quindi di "verità" e di "giustizia".. Allo stesso modo molti Dei vedici assumono il nome di Dharma e Dharma stesso acquisisce lo status di divinità.. Il Dharma nel Brahmanesimo e nell'Induismo. Con la composizione dei Brāhmaṇa (a partire dal X secolo fino al VII secolo …

The current concept of Thai kingship evolved through 800 years of absolute rule. The first king of a unified Thailand was the founder of the Kingdom of Sukhothai, King Sri Indraditya, in 1238. The idea of this early kingship is said to be based on two concepts derived from Hinduism and Theravada Buddhist beliefs. The first concept is based on the Vedic-Hindu caste of Kshatriya …

Rumtek Monastery (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: rum theg dgon pa), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok.It is the seat-in-exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal point for the sectarian tensions within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan ...

Essentialism is the view that objects have a set of attributes that are necessary to their identity. In early Western thought, Plato's idealism held that all things have such an "essence"—an "idea" or "form".In Categories, Aristotle similarly proposed that all objects have a substance that, as George Lakoff put it, "make the thing what it is, and without which it would be not that kind of ...