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dharmas
Buddhist metaphysics
Also known as: dhamma, dhammas, dharma
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Buddhist doctrine
- In dharma
…term in the plural (dharmas) is used to describe the interrelated elements that make up the empirical world.
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…case of the Sanskrit term dharma (Pali: dhamma), which has meanings that are not usually associated with the term dharma as it is often used in English. Pali forms are given in the sections on the core teachings of early Buddhism that are reconstructed primarily from Pali texts and in…
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Indian philosophy
- In Indian philosophy: The concepts of anatta and nibbana
…that all laws (dhammas; Sanskrit dharmas) are selfless (sabbe dhamma anatta); the latter would be significant only if one had a self that is no more in existence. Thus, by not taking sides with the metaphysicians, the Buddha described how the consciousness “I am” comes to constitute itself in the…
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