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Dharma. Dharma. Virtues such as ahimsa (non-violence) [ 1] Yoga, personal behaviour [ 2] Law and justice [ 3] Rituals and rites of passage [ 4] Sannyasa and stages of life [ 5] Duties, such as learning from teachers [ 6] Dharma ( / ˈdɑːrmə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, pronounced [dʱɐrmɐ] ⓘ) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the ...
Theravāda (/ ˌ t ɛr ə ˈ v ɑː d ə /; [a] lit. 'School of the Elders') [1] [2] is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. [1] [2] The school's adherents, termed Theravādins, have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia.
The Theravāda Abhidhamma is a scholastic systematization of the Theravāda school's understanding of the highest Buddhist teachings ( Abhidhamma ). These teachings are traditionally believed to have been taught by the Buddha, though modern scholars date the texts of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka to the 3rd century BCE.
The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma ( Sanskrit: tridharmacakra-pravartana, Tibetan: chos kyi 'khor lo gsum) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist framework for classifying and understanding the teachings of the Buddhist Sūtras and the teachings of Buddha Śākyamuni in general. [1] [2] This classification system first appears in the Saṃdhinirmocana ...
Sri Punyarathana Dhamma School. Sri Punyarathana Dhamma School at Choola Bodhi Viharaya is a free education Buddhist religion center (Sunday School) for children under the age of 18 years. It is situated in the village Haburugala in the Southern part of Sri Lanka. The purpose of the school is to guide students from Haburugala and nearby ...
Glossary of Buddhism. The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; English: The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta or Promulgation of the Law Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture that is considered by Buddhists to be a record of the first sermon given by Gautama Buddha, the Sermon in the Deer Park at ...
A Dharma talk (Sanskrit) or Dhamma talk (Pali) or Dharma sermon ( Japanese: Hōgo (法語), Chinese: 法語) is a public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher. [1] In Theravāda Buddhism, the study of Buddhist texts and listening to Dhamma talks by monks or teachers are common and important practices. In some Zen traditions a Dharma talk ...
Buddhism. Dhamma ( Pali: धम्म, romanized: dhamma; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized : dharma) is a set of edicts that formed a policy of the 3rd Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great, who succeeded to the Mauryan throne in modern-day India around 269 B.C.E. [ 1] Ashoka is considered one of the greatest kings of ancient India for his policies ...