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'''Ten meanings of dharma''' (Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དོན་བཅུ་, [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi don bcu'') — Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] gives ten meanings for the term [[dharma]], quoting from [[Vasubandhu]]’s ''The Principles of Elucidation'' (Skt. ''Vyakhyayukti''; Tib. ''Namshé Rigpa''):<br>
#an object of knowledge (Skt. ''jñeya''; Wyl. ''shes bya''),<br>
#the [[path]] (Wyl. ''lam''),<br>
#[[nirvana]] (Wyl. ''mya ngan las 'das pa''),<br>
#a mental object (Skt. ''manoviṣaya''; Wyl. ''yid kyi yul''),<br>
#[[merit]] (Wyl. ''bsod nams''),<br>
#life (Skt. ''āyu''; Wyl. ''tshe''),<br>
#teachings of the [[Buddha]], or its scriptures (Skt. ''dharmapravacana''; Wyl. ''gsung rab''),<br>
#what is subject to age or change, i.e. material objects (Wyl. '' 'byung 'gyur''),<br>
#rules (Wyl. ''nges pa'') or religious vows, and<br>
#spiritual traditions (Skt. ''dharmanīti''; Wyl. ''chos lugs'').<br>

They all relate to the sense of ‘holding’, which is the meaning of ''dhṛ'', the root of the word dharma.

The general usage in English for the typography of the term 'dharma' is to use an upper case when referring to Buddha's teachings, the path or the truth of cessation (cases 2, 3 & 7).

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