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[[Image:Buddha lantau.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Tian Tan Buddha|The Dharmic Tian Tan Buddha]] statue in [[Hong Kong]].]] |
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[[Image:Mahayanabuddha.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dharmic Chinese Seated Buddha, [[Tang Dynasty]]]] |
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[[Image:Mathura ayagapatta3.jpg|thumb|left| Dharmic Pre-[[Kushana]] [[Ayagapatta]]]] |
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'''Dharmic religion''' (Or '''Dharmic tradition'''), refers to any religion, religious philosophy, or tradition that has a notion of '''[[dharma]]'''. |
'''Dharmic religion''' (Or '''Dharmic tradition'''), refers to any religion, religious philosophy, or tradition that has a notion of '''[[dharma]]'''. |
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Revision as of 09:20, 27 November 2007
Dharmic religion (Or Dharmic tradition), refers to any religion, religious philosophy, or tradition that has a notion of dharma.
Introduction Dharma
Dharma signifies the underlying order in nature and life (human or other) considered to be in accord with that order. The word Dharma is generally translated into english as 'law' and literally translates as 'that which upholds or supports' (from the root 'Dhr' - to hold), here referring to the order which makes the cosmos and the harmonious complexity of the natural world possible. As in the West, the concept of natural or divine law, has, throughout the history of Indian civilisation, governed ideas about the proper conduct of living.
Dharmic religions or philosophies
Dharma transmission
Dharma transmission (Chinese: 傳法, Chuánfǎ or 印可, Inkě, Korean and Japanese: Inka) is the formal confirmation by a master of Zen or Chan Buddhism of a student's awakening. This one-to-one transmission is said to trace back over 2,500 years to Gautama Buddha when he gave dharma transmission to his disciple Mahakasyapa, who is regarded as the first patriarch of Zen in India.
It is described by Reginald Ray as the recognition that a student has achieved awakening, realizing his or her true Buddha Nature. Since an awakened Buddha realizes the connectedness inherent in all things, it is not "giving" something from the teacher to the student. Instead, it is a recognition that the student has cast off delusion.
Dharmic Buddhist philosophy
From its inception, Buddhism has the appearance of having a strong philosophical component. Buddhism is founded on the rejection of certain orthodox philosophical concepts, in which the Buddha had been instructed by various teachers. The Buddha questioned all concepts of metaphysical being and non-being, and this critique is inextricable from the founding of Buddhism.