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Dharma and dharma

2 posts · started by mimosa on 07/21/02 at 02:08:48 · last post 12/20/02 at 14:13:01
mimosa07/21/02 at 02:08:48#1
Team


I had been capitalizing "Dharma" under all circumstances until
Invincible_East corrected me today. *sigh** shattered the perfectionist'
dream :-)

There is a difference between Dharma and dharma that I would like to share
with you all.

Basically, "dhama",  as the meaning of life, refers the way to live the
existance on Earth or the general teachings of Buddha
http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/veda.html
so, we should use teach dharma, practice dharma. We should also use dharma
brother and dharma sister

However, when it comes to a specific term, we should then capitalize it, ie
True Buddha Dharma, Dharma Sister Mimosa

thanks Invincible_East for enligtheningme, and I apologize for my ignorance.

Please let me know if you agree with the usage of dharma and Dharma.
If all concure, I will include it in our standard.

On the similar subject, while I was proofreading, I found some terms that
you may want to memorize.
Please study those. I have included it in the standard dictionary, and I
will upload the updated dictionary later

ÆF¾Ç      spiritualism
¥XÂ÷¤ß      non-attachment heart
¤W¨D¦òªG      reach the fruits of Buddhahood above
¤U¤Æ²³¥Í      save the sentient beings below
¹ïªv      overcome, counteract
¥Ò°¨      Jia Ma paper
ÀH½t      Let nature take its course
ÀH¶¶      go with the flow, flow with, adopt to, accommodate to
ÀH¹J      take whatever it comes
ÀH¦w      rest your mind in peace
ÀH¹J¦Ó¦w      take whatever it comes and rest your mind in peace
¥°ªk«×²³¥Í      propagate dharma to salve all beings
Áô©~³¬Ãö      retreat in solitude

Mimosa
Last edited 07/22/02 at 15:16:46 by Buddhafly
mimosa12/20/02 at 14:13:01#2Re: Dharma and dharma
I came across another explaination

dharma (Tib. chö) This has two main meanings: Any truth such as the sky is blue and secondly, as used in this text, the teachings of the Buddha (also called buddha-dharma).

Dharma (Tib. chö) We have followed the convention of capitalizing dharma when it means the teachings of the Buddha


http://www.rinpoche.com/glossary.htm

so...hmmm...for now, I still use lower case for dharma, such as "teach dharma". Does that sound right?

Mimosa
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