Sanskrit, = decree, custom.
In India, social or caste custom; right behaviour; law; esp. in Buddhism and Hinduism: moral law, truth. (OED)
"Sunim has placed a gilded Buddha statue in a prominent place on the first floor, and in the big window along the sidewalk, where a dozen different menus were once on display, there is now a new sign:
Zen Buddhist Temple
Sunday Public Service
7-8:30 meditation
10-11:30 open to public
4pm dharma service"
- Gay Talese, "Past lives", 25 July 2011 The New Yorker
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