Buddhists please?

Question

can you explain Dharma for me please
i see this mentioned alot and how to put it into practise
thank you in advance

Answer 1

the Dharma is simply the teachings of the Buddha... in it's most common usage of the term... dharma, is basically and in general, anything that teaches you something, which can be ANYTHING. Your posts and replies in here are dharma, anything can be dharma. You simply put it (the Dharma, with a cap "D") in practice the way the Buddha said: take nothing on faith alone but analyze it, study it, chew it over and come to your own conclusions about it. You read or hear a teaching, ask questions, analyze it and meditate on it, come to your own conclusions and apply it to your dear life.

EDIT: As you can see, via my answer and the guy below mine... and per Buddhist studies, it has a wide range of associations for the word. "In its most common usage it refers to the teachings of Buddhism, which are thought to express the truth and to outline a path to enlightenment." (I dug out my dusty tome "Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism" by John Powers, p.17, for ya... hope this helps).

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Answer 2

You picked a goodie there, Hon.
The word has several meanings
1. The whole body of the Buddha's teaching.
2. The guiding principles by which someone lives their life.
3. Cause, Antecedent. (Sort of mixed up with Karma).
4. The underlying cause of any phenomenon.
5. The orderly nature of the universe.
And finally,
6. Ultimate reality.

Most commonly it's taken to mean 1. the Buddha's teaching.

If you want to research Buddhism, you've got quite a task on your hands.
Reccommended books. What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, and Waking the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das.

Jon C

Answer 3

Dharma actually relates to action. The Dharma of a person's behavior involves the actions that a person is taking in regard to any given situation. It is the Dharma that brings about Karma as either a positive or negative consequence; thereby ultimately reflecting the truth of any given action, whether the truth of the action was positive or negative.

Answer 4

I think there's no point repeating vinslave's perfectly decent answer!

So instead here is a link I like which explains a bit more about buddhism, but in a fun way!

And there's even an interfaith forum! Oddly the Christians there don't seem to mention hell at all. I wonder why?


oh. And for CJ. Your ignorance is showing. You might want to tuck it back in before someone notices and embarrasses you.
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Answer 5

Dharma means different things. Teaching, truth, etc, but the highest Dharma is the Dharma of no Dharma.

Answer 6

Why not read wikipedia? It has a very decent article on the various aspects and ideas surrounding dharma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma

Answer 7

Take this answer with a grain of salt. Karma is similar to the idea of fate, and Dharma is similar to the idea of destiny.
Fate is when you create your life 'accidentally', destiny is when you create your life deliberately...

Answer 8

Ok, this is what I learned in my history class. we are learning about hinduism and buddism.

Dharma-obligation to do one's duty. Basically keeping your word.

And the whole being about to reach something through meditiation...i think that is the Brahman or something along those lines. But i'm not positive.
And supposedly there are only a few people who can reach that state.

Answer 9

I really don't mean to be rude, but your question is not only vague, but parts can be easily answered at site like wikipedia. So maybe do some homework.

Yahoo answers is not the forum for questions such as yours, since the majority of people herein are a) American b) Stupid c) Both. Or even worse, ME!

Answer 10

I agree with Carl above. And, actually, Buddhists have good practices of meditiation that can help any religion to focus. There's reasoning out there for every religion (just about)...so don't put them down (referring to some other people above)