In recent years, " dharma " has evolved from an older, Bråhmanical dharma ( which the king's support was required both financially and in protecting the earth ), to a newer dharma called nåstika dharma.

Legend has it that Shancai ( also called Sudhana in Sanskrit ) was a disabled boy from India who was very interested in studying the dharma.

The Chinese scholar A ' de noted this was because the Lotus Sutra says Avalokitesvara takes on the visage of whatever being that would best help pervade the dharma.

Dao Zheng ( 道證法師 ) ( 27 February 1957 – 18 July 2003 ) was a Buddhist nun from Taiwan, known for her various writings and dharma talks.

He debated with the villagers about what their ' dharma ' truly was.

A kery factor in this growing emphasis on Dogen was Manzan's appeal to change the rules for dharma transmission, based on arguments derived from the Shōbōgenzō.

Shunryu Suzuki ( 鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi ) ( born May 18, 1904, Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan ; died December 4, 1971 in San Francisco, CA, USA ) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Buddhist monastery outside Asia ( Tassajara Zen Mountain Center ).

Trungpa's choice of Westerner Ösel Tendzin as his dharma heir was controversial, as Tendzin would be the first Western Tibetan Buddhist lineage holder and Vajra Regent.

His vocational education policy was seen as an attempt to reinforce the Varnashrama dharma of the caste system, while his Indian nationalist and anti-secessionist leanings formed the inspiration for Periyar's coining of the term " Brahmin-Bania combine ".

With its many tiers it was a symbol of the dharma, the Wheel of the Law.

It was at this point that he made the pivotal transition from academic teacher to dharma or meditation teacher, devoting himself more and more to teaching meditation, to the students who came to his programs, and to his own meditation practice.

He was ordained under two dharma names, one to be used publicly and another for lineage purposes ; Jinjue ( 今覺, to be enlightened today ), and Wuche ( 悟徹, thorough realization of enlightenment ).

He was a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect, and his original dharma name was Nikkai ( 日海 ).

The dharma chakhra which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath at the capital of Emperor Ashoka was adopted in the place of spindle and string as the emblem on the national flag.

According to the Brahmin or Aryan philosophy, the king was only an upholder of dharma, but never the crucial or architecture factor influencing the whole of life.

Adherents believed that signs indicated a " major energy shift " was about to occur, a turning point in Earth's collective karma and dharma, and that this energy was powerful enough to change the global perspective of man from one of conflict to one of co-operation.

The Buddhist version of the Lion was originally introduced to Han China as the protector of dharma and these lions have been found in religious art as early as 208 BC.

The Chinese scholar A ' De noted this was because the Lotus Sutra says Guanyin takes on the visage of whatever being that would best help pervade the dharma.

The Pūrva Mīmāṃsā school held dharma to be equivalent to following the prescriptions of the Saṃhitās and their Brāhmaṇa commentaries relating the correct performance of Vedic rituals.

In the Buddhist tradition, dharma means " that which is to be held fast, kept, an ordinance or law ... the absolute, the real.

Vidura is held to be a paragon of truth, dutifulness, impartial judgement and steadfast dharma.

The dedication ceremony for the imperial supplication hall, with its newly added dharma hall and abbot's living quarters, was held in 1326, and this is generally recognized as the true founding of the temple.

The idea of dharma as duty or propriety derives from an idea found in India's ancient legal and religious texts that there is a divinely instituted natural order of things ( rta ) and justice, social harmony and human happiness require that human beings discern and live in a manner appropriate to the requirements of that order.

The Upanishads saw dharma as the universal principle of law, order, harmony, all in all truth, that sprang first from Brahman.

Through the four ashramas, or stages of life ( Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vaanprastha, Sanyaasa ), a person also seeks to fulfill the four essentials ( puruṣārtha ) of kama ( sensual pleasures ), artha ( worldly gain ), dharma, and moksha ( liberation from reincarnation or rebirth ).

However, the term dharma can also be transliterated from its original form.

A type of secular Buddhism has arisen in the west that proposes a lived universal dharma, a transformation that can emerge from mindfulness-based clinical programs.

Jinas are spiritually advanced human beings who rediscovered the dharma, became fully liberated from the bondages of karma by conquering attachments and aversions, and taught the spiritual path to benefit all living beings.

During the first and last two Aras, the knowledge and practice of dharma lapse among humanity and then reappear through the teachings of enlightened humans, those who have reached liberation from their karma, during the third and fourth Aras.

* The second right hand shows the Abhaya mudra ( meaning fearlessness in Sanskrit ), bestowing protection from both evil and ignorance to those who follow the righteousness of dharma.

A talented child who studied dharma ( Buddhist teachings ) with his father from an early age and who sought out great teachers in his twenties and thirties, he is said to have attained enlightenment at the age of fifty while practicing dream yoga.

Though Dogen emphasised the importance of the correct transmission of the Buddha dharma, as guaranteed by the line of transmission from Shakyamuni, his own transmission became problematic in the third generation.

To be born human is considered a great privilege because unlike other mammals even a person of average intelligence with sufficient effort and proper guidance can walk the path of dharma and become liberated from the cycle of rebirth.

An oft-quoted passage from the Bhagavad Gita describes the typical role of an avatar of Vishnu — to bring dharma, or righteousness, back to the social and cosmic order:

After returning to Daijo-ji, Keizan received dharma transmission from Gikai in 1294, and established Joman-ji.

The word throne itself is from Greek θρόνος ( thronos ), " seat, chair ", in origin a derivation from the PIE root " to support " ( also in dharma " post, sacrificial pole ").

In 2003, the public preceptors, responding to feedback, decided to move away from a formal relationship to the order and movement, and to concentrate on the ordination of new order members, teaching and dharma practice.

In 1972 Trungpa identified Thomas F. Rich ( an American with Buddhist name Ösel Tendzin ) as his dharma heir, and in a formal ceremony on August 22, 1976, Trungpa appointed Rich as Dorje Gyaltsap, Vajra Regent, and Director of the First Class of Vajradhatu.

The Sera-India monk community of the Bylakuppe Monastery, has gone global with their missionary activity by establishing “ dharma centers ” in many parts the world, thus removing the cultural isolation of pre-1959 years in Tibet.

As well as referring to Law in the universal or abstract sense dharma designates those behaviours considered necessary for the maintenance of the natural order of things.

In Buddhist philosophy, dhamma / dharma is also the term for " phenomenon ".

It is difficult to provide a single concise definition for dharma, as the word has a long and varied history and straddles a complex set of meanings and interpretations.

In East Asia, the translation for dharma is 法, pronounced fǎ in Mandarin, beop in Korean, hō in Japanese, and pháp in Vietnamese.

It is the nature of the soul to be free, thus for the soul, the dharma is paralaukika, beyond worldly.

The special Jinas who not only rediscover dharma but also preach it for the Jain community are called Tirthankara.

Yet the human realm is considered to be the most suitable realm for practicing the dharma, because humans are not completely distracted by pleasure ( like the gods or demi-gods ) or by pain and suffering ( like the beings in the lower realms ).

By the power of his vows, Amitābha has made it possible for all who call upon him to be reborn into this land, there to undergo instruction by him in the dharma and ultimately become bodhisattvas and buddhas in their turn ( the ultimate goal of Mahāyāna Buddhism ).

According to the Sutta Pitaka, the " ten wholesome courses of conduct " will disappear and people will follow the ten unwholesome concepts of theft, violence, murder, lying, false speech, sexual misconduct, abusive and idle talk, covetousness and ill will, wanton greed, and uncontrolled lust resulting in poverty and the breakdown of law and cooperation or regard for the dharma.

The presence of these Chinese monks also influenced the existing Zen-schools, spreading new ideas about monastic discipline and the rules for dharma transmission.

This may have led to the adoption, or possibly re-adoption of the Mon-based Tua Tham, or ' dharma script ' for religious writings

Lord Buddha praised Phra Sangkadchai for his excellence in explaining sophisticated dharma ( or dhamma ) in an easily and correctly understandable manner.

Ordination confers no special status, nor any specific responsibilities, although many order members choose to take on responsibilities for such things as teaching meditation and dharma.

A Jain is a follower of Jinas, spiritual ' victors ' ( Jina is Sanskrit for ' victor '), human beings who have rediscovered the dharma, become fully liberated and taught the spiritual path for the benefit of beings.

Smriti is the second source of authority for dharma.

It is these memories that make up the second source of dharma and consequently have been recorded to become a written source ; commentaries such as Laws of Manu, for example.

The present general understanding of smrti consists of non-Vedic literatures that portray the rules of dharma ; for example, the Dharmasastra, Itihasa, and Purana.

The triratna can be further reinforced by being surmounted with three dharma wheels ( one for each of the three jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha ).