What does "dharma" mean in Buddhism?

2024-12-03 Knowledge of Buddhism

The word for "dharma" in Buddhism: The Sanskrit word is "Dharma". The Buddhist interpretation of this word is: "Let oneself be oneself and follow one's biological understanding." That is to say, every thing must retain its own peculiar nature and appearance, and have its own rules, so that one can see it and understand what it is. For example, water, which retains its wetness, has a certain rule of water, so that people can understand water at the first sight; Conversely, if something is not wet, its orbit is different from that of water, and the understanding of water cannot arise. That's why Buddhism calls everything "dharma." The words "all dharmas" and "all dharmas" commonly found in Buddhist scriptures mean "all things" or "all things in the universe." According to the Buddhist interpretation, the words and teachings proclaimed by the Buddha based on his truthful understanding of all the Dharma also have the function of "holding one's own nature and understanding one's own nature", so it is also called the Dharma.

 

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