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Dhamma

The Buddha’s teaching, the truth it reveals, and the path it describes; in Sanskrit, dharma.

Also: Dharma (Buddhist)

Early Buddhism and the Theravāda

Dhamma, the Pali form of dharma, is the second of the three jewels: the teaching of the Buddha and the truth to which it points. The word also names the basic elements of experience analysed in the Abhidhamma, and the mental objects that are the fourth foundation of mindfulness.