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Nadav, "Dharma" is widely recognized as the term to denote the teachings of Buddha. I feel the use of the term in this new context is cultural misappropriatio
by schaefer 8y ago
Nadav,
"Dharma" is widely recognized as the term to denote the teachings of Buddha. I feel the use of the term in this new context is cultural misappropriation.
Would you care to address that concern with your thoughts on the topic?
- indiafoodie 8y agoNot the author here, but Dharma has several other meanings in Indian languages. A predominant one is virtue, righteousness, and duty. I hardly think of this usage as cultural misappropriation; just loanwords from a different language.
- jacquesm 8y agoOne persons's cultural mis-appropriation is another one's wealth. Mis-appropriation is how words spread historically, I don't think you're going to stop that from happening.
- krapp 8y ago... said schaefer, on a site that calls its comment scoring "karma."