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#dharma
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Why do scholars keep saying “duty” is a bad translation of dharma?
I am a poet and a literature student, new to philosophy, and I am working on translating some Malayalam devotional poems into English. The word dharma comes up constantly, and every English version I look at uses “duty” or “righteousness”. Then a…
Started by Kavya Menon5 replies230 views -
Dharma, li, sharia, natural law: four words English keeps flattening into “duty” or “law”
I tutor engineering students in an evening course on Indian philosophy, and last week one of them asked a good question: “If dharma is not duty, what is it like? Is there anything in other cultures that works the same way?” I…
Started by Meera Kulkarni5 replies278 views