Can someone give me a clear description of what Dharma really means?

Question by Victoria on "Dharma":

Writing a paper on similarities between Buddhism and Hinduism. I am a little confused by the definition of dharma.

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Answer by P'ang
Wikipedia has an excellent article on this term, with quite a bit of detail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma In summary, Hinduism: Dharma means the universal principle of law, order, harmony, and truth, arising from Brahman. Buddhism: Dharma refers to the teachings of the Buddha, as recorded in the sutras Dharma also refers to mental phenomena, the data of experience

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