The Emergence Machine

Dharma

abstract · Philosophy · Level 12 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Dharma emerges from ethics and requires duty, truth, and order.

Compare Dharma with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “righteous duty” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “righteous duty”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
धर्म
Origin language
Sanskrit

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0DharmaDutyEthicsPhilosophyRoleReasoningSituation… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesDharmaL12DutyL11EthicsL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Duty L11 (requires)
    Understanding duty is foundational to dharma.
  • Ethics L11 (requires)
    Understanding ethics is foundational to dharma.