Talk:Dharma

message: The article claims that the term Dharma is untranslatable into English. While this is true, the closest meaning of Dharma in English is the term ``Sustainability. A dharmic framework is a normative framework that promotes sustainability (of life and the ecosystem). The saying, "Dharme rakshati rakshitaha" (Dharma, if protected, protects) which characterizes the concept of Dharma indicates the sustainability characteristic of Dharma.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.226.214 (talk) 14:07, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, "dharma" is a word in English. It appears in every English dictionary that I checked. See Wikt:dharma. Wikt:orlog and wikt:orlay seem to refer to war, destiny, or fate, which don't seem synonymous with dharma. —BarrelProof (talk) 21:12, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: "Dharma" is an Indian/Sanskrit word that may have made it's way into English, but only as an import (borrow-word). As for Orlog/Orlay as defined by Wiktionary, the (oldest) meaning equating Orlog/Ørlög to Dharma is discussed in the above mentioned article which itself cites multiple sources for its conclusions which stretch back to as early as 1866. — Highcraft (talk) 23:06, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Highcraft: welcome to wikipedia. Wiktionary, any wiki and blogs such as this one are questionable and unacceptable sources for wikipedia. We must stick with mainstream peer-reviewed scholarly sources, avoid creative blog writers with novel proposals. Any suggestions citing mainstream scholarly sources that link dharma to "orlog or whatever" would be welcome. Please see WP:RS, WP:OR, WP:FRINGE, and WP:TALK guidelines for further assistance. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 00:10, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

text: I would be willing to bet  that there are at least ten times as many native speakers of English who are familiar with the meaning of the word "dharma" than with the meaning of the words "orlog" or "orlay". So trying to explain the meaning of "dharma" in terms of those words does not seem very helpful, even if it would be valid. It also does not seem very valid, since "dharma" does not refer to war, destiny, or fate, which are the primary meanings I find for "orlog" and "orlay". Wiktionary doesn't even identify "orlog" as an English word – it only identifies it as Low German. I fully agree with Ms Sarah Welch regarding what sources are appropriate for citation in Wikipedia articles, although I see no harm in consulting other sources casually for Talk page discussions (e.g., checking the Wiktionary to reach a rough understanding prior to finding better sources to cite in the article). —BarrelProof (talk) 17:51, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Closest meaning of Dharma in English

message: Buddhism uses "phenomenon" in a particular sense. However, this article references a Wikipedia article on "phenomenon", which  describes only this word as it is used in Western Philosophy and offers no explanation for the use in Buddhist context. I suggest that either the link here be deleted or the WP article expanded to explain what the term means in Buddhism.
--50.68.140.76 (talk) 22:30, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Phenomenon" Misdirect 

message: The most academic way to cover this topic would be to have Dharma (Buddhism) and Dharma (Hinduism). Not everything that's related gets put on one page! As it is, the article is limited to a dull comparative study. 64.222.90.15 (talk) 05:33, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. The user finds this encyclopedia article on the word "dharma" then an overview of many usages. There's also usage in Jainism, Sikhism, & symbols on this page. We'd need to fragment those off into separate articles also, if every usage gets it's own page?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eturk001 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: There should be a Buddhism and Hinduism page

message: Regarding this edit diff, the content about the Christian philosophy doesn't have any citations with its relation to Dharma, I'm not sure why we need that to be included, that's the reason I removed that unsourced material. Do we really need that to be included, since idea of “eusebeia” is already mentioned in previous paragraph? Wiki Linuz (Ping me!) 05:39, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems interesting to me; we can ask User:Kraftdelfinen to add citations; they added it diff. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:02, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to fail WP:NOR because citation (or reference rather) to Biblical doctrines suggests original research from their end. I'm inclined towards removing them for now until they cite those doctrines' relation to Dharma with reliable sources. Wiki Linuz (Ping me!) 06:09, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reinsertion of Christian philosophy