Crossword clues for dharma
dharma
- Cosmic order, in Hinduism
- '-- & Greg' (old sitcom)
- TV's "__ & Greg"
- The ____ Bums
- Principle of cosmic order
- One of Buddhism's Three Jewels
- Kerouac's "The ___ Bums"
- Hindu principle of cosmic order
- Greg's wife on an old ABC sitcom
- Greg's TV mate
- Greg's sitcom spouse
- Cosmic law and order in Buddhism
- Buddhist's duty
- Buddhist principle
- "Lost" research project name
- "___ and Greg" (sitcom)
- "___ and Greg" (former sitcom)
- "___ and Greg"
- "___ & Greg" (old sitcom)
- __ Initiative: research project on "Lost"
- Buddhist teaching
- TV's "___ and Greg"
- Greg's sitcom wife
- Jenna Elfman TV role
- Title character in a new 1997 ABC sitcom
- Greg's sitcom partner
- Greg's sitcom mate
- Concept in Hinduism and Buddhism
- Essential principle of Hinduism
- Cosmic order, in Buddhism
- Basic principles of the cosmos
- Also an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes
- Teachings of Buddha
- Right conduct, in Calcutta
- Eternal law of the cosmos in Indian religion
- Greg's TV partner
- Jenna Elfman role
- Hindu duty
- Kerouac's type of bums
- Greg's mate, in a sitcom
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dharma \Dharma\ prop. n. (Hinduism) the basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Hinduism Buddhism English) the principle that orders the universe; one's conduct in conformity with such a principle 2 (context Hinduism English) one's obligation in respect to one's position in society 3 (context Buddhism English) the teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment 4 (context Buddhism English) the teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
Wikipedia
Dharma (; dharma, ; dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions- Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. There is no single word translation for dharma in western languages.
In Hinduism, dharma signifies behaviours that are considered to be in accord with rta, the order that makes life and universe possible, and includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and ‘‘right way of living’’.see:
- Dharma, The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. (2013), Columbia University Press, Gale, ISBN 978-0787650155;
- Steven Rosen (2006), Essential Hinduism, Praeger, ISBN 0-275-99006-0, Chapter 3 In Buddhism dharma means "cosmic law and order", but is also applied to the teachings of the Buddha. In Buddhist philosophy, dhamma/dharma is also the term for " phenomena". Dharma in Jainism refers to the teachings of tirthankara (Jina) and the body of doctrine pertaining to the purification and moral transformation of human beings. For Sikhs, the word dharm means the "path of righteousness".
The Classical Sanskrit noun dharma is a derivation from the root dhṛ, which has a meaning of "to hold, maintain, keep". The word "dharma" was already in use in the historical Vedic religion, and its meaning and conceptual scope has evolved over several millennia. The antonym of dharma is adharma.
Dharma is a philosophical or religious concept of Indian origin.
- Dharma (Sanatana or Hindu)
- Dharma (Buddhism)
- Dharma (Jainism)
- Sikh Dharma
Dharma may also refer to:
- Duties (Hinduism)
- Dharmathakur, a deity worshipped by villagers in the traditional Rarh region in the present day Indian state of West Bengal
- Dharm (film), a 2007 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Bhavna Talwar
- Dharma (1973 film), a 1973 Bollywood action film directed by Chand
- Dharma (1998 film), a 1998 Tamil action film directed by K. R.
- Dharma (album), by Merzbow
- Dharmaa, a 2010 Nepali film
- Dharma doll, Japanese wish doll
- Dharma Productions, a Bollywood film company
- Dharma the Cat, webcomic
Dharma is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The title refers to the Buddhist concept.
"I'm Coming to the Garden..... No Sound, No Memory" refers to the second-to-last line of the novel The Decay of the Angel by Yukio Mishima.
Marimo Kitty is a Hello Kitty combined with a marimo.
Jain texts assign a wide range of meaning to the Sanskrit dharma or Prakrit dhamma. It is often translated as “religion” and as such, Jainism is called Jain Dharma by its adherents.
In Jainism, the word Dharma is used to refer the following:
- Religion
- Dharma as a dravya (substance or a reality) (the principle of motion)
- The true nature of a thing
- Ten virtues like forgiveness, etc. also called ten forms of Dharma
Dharma is a fictional comic book character distributed by DC Comics and is the leader of the Shadow Cabinet. An original character from Milestone Comics, he first appeared in Hardware #11 (January 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III, and Denys Cowan.
Dharma is a 1998 Tamil action film directed by Keyaar. The film features Vijayakanth and Preetha Vijayakumar in lead roles. The film, produced by A. Abbas Rowther, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 9 July 1998. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Ziddi. It was dubbed in Telugu as Vikram Dharma.
Dharma is a 1973 Bollywood action film directed by Chand. The film stars Pran in the title role. The rest of the cast includes Ajit and the pair Navin Nischol and Rekha. The film became a "Superhit" at the box office. It was remade into the Telugu film "Na Pere Bhagavan" (1976). 'Dharma' film is also known for its music composed by the duo of Sonik-Omi and is especially famous for the qawwali sung by Mohammad Rafi on selquence between Pran and Bindu. A couple of other songs were also nicely tuned and presented.
Usage examples of "dharma".
Yudhishthir was the son of Dharma or Virtue, Bhima of Vayu or Wind, Arjun of Indra or Rain-god, the twin youngest were the sons of the Aswin twins, and Karna was the son of Surya the Sun, but was believed by himself and by all others to be the son of a simple chariot-driver.
In a flutelike voice, he sang of the sacred writings, or Vedas, composed well before the first millennium bc, and of the catalogue of magical yajnas, sacrificial formulas, mantras, and rituals that the Vedic religion embodied, and of the many schools, sects, and religions that had developed through the centuries: Sankhya, Yoga, Vedanta, Vaishnavas, Shaivas, Shak-tas, all of which were preached and practised under the separate canopies of Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which in turn took their impetus from the original Vedic, changing and refining the basic precepts into a multiplicity of separate doctrines : Karma, avatar, samsara, dharma, trimurti, bhakti, maya.
It was his dharma, just as the Brahmins, or priest class, must maintain the sanctity of Arya dharmic rituals and traditions, the Vaisyas maintain the trade and commerce that were essential for Arya economy, and the sudras perform the less desirable yet necessary duties of cleaning, foraging, hunting, and otherwise ensuring the health and maintenance of the community.
Buddha is the ultimate I, Dharma the ultimate It, and Sangha the ultimate We.
The Dharma of Hinduism in this respect is placed beyond all doubt by the Bhagavat Gita.
Then he read the Bible, the Koran, and other major religious works: he covered Islam, Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism, Zarathustrianism, Dharma, Brahmanism, Hinduism, Vedanta, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinayana, Mahayana, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Zoyd was both a certified pizzamaniac and a cheapskate, but not once had he ever hustled Prairie for one nepotistic slice of the Bodhi Dharma product.
It is only from practicing Dharma that sustained inspiration for spiritual practice is derived.
Prajna, and Prajna is not an idea or a theory but an injunction or a paradigm: it begins its practice by categorically rejecting every conceivable category of thought to embrace the Real, or Dharmata.
In a flutelike voice, he sang of the sacred writings, or Vedas, composed well before the first millennium bc, and of the catalogue of magical yajnas, sacrificial formulas, mantras, and rituals that the Vedic religion embodied, and of the many schools, sects, and religions that had developed through the centuries: Sankhya, Yoga, Vedanta, Vaishnavas, Shaivas, Shak-tas, all of which were preached and practised under the separate canopies of Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which in turn took their impetus from the original Vedic, changing and refining the basic precepts into a multiplicity of separate doctrines : Karma, avatar, samsara, dharma, trimurti, bhakti, maya.
Money had never been found in Sacramento or Washington to bypass 101 around Vineland, so that once into town, the freeway narrowed to two lanes and made a couple of doglegs on and off South Spooner, following unsynchronized traffic lights that drove Van Meter crazy but gave Zoyd a good look at downtown, the Lost Nugget, Country Cantonese, Bodhi Dharma Pizza, the Steam Donkey, before they were back on North Spooner, heading uphill to the bus station, where Zoyd and Prairie were living out of a locker.
The room is bare except for a central alcove in which, behind the altar, is a statue of Bodhi Dharma, the founder of the sect, or of Sakyamuni attended by Kashiapa and Ananda, the two earliest Zen patriarchs.
She pointed out that despite her own decree, Adam could not be returned to Eden, because his expulsion marked the first turning of the wheel of dharma and his failure to get back despite the help of the seven candlesticks revealed some of the fundamental code of the possibilities of the universe.
To wake us up so we can see the illusory quality of our relative reality and understand our foundational absolute nature is the goal of the Buddha Dharma.
But it is not [actually] shown by him to be immanent in experience, how Dharmata activates and illumines empirical things.