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dharma talk

dharma talk noun: a public discourse by a Buddhist teacher, similar to a sermon or homily, and distinguished from a lecture by being shorter and less formal.

Noun

dharma talk (plural dharma talks)

  1. A public discourse by a Buddhist teacher, similar to a sermon or homily, and distinguished from a lecture by being shorter and less formal.
    • I'd never given a dharma talk before, much less in the local Lao dialect, to hundreds of people. I just got up there, and he said, "Tell them what you know of the dharma, go to it."2011, Jack Kornfield, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
    • It is important to note that a dharma talk is not a lecture, although it has a didactic purpose. Such a talk is given usually as an accompaniment to a period of meditation.2014 February 19, Charles R. Strain, The Prophet and the Boddhisattva: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Ethics of Peace and Justice, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Forms of dharma talk

pluraldharma talks

Origin of dharma talk

From dharma + talk.

Questions about dharma talk

What does dharma talk mean?
Dharma talk means a public discourse by a Buddhist teacher, similar to a sermon or homily, and distinguished from a lecture by being shorter and less formal.
What part of speech is dharma talk?
Dharma talk is a noun.
What is the plural of dharma talk?
The plural of dharma talk is dharma talks.

Words near dharma talk in the dictionary

  1. Dharavi
  2. Dharawal
  3. dharma
  4. Dharma doll
  5. Dharma dolls
  6. dharma talk
  7. dharma talks
  8. dharmachakra
  9. dharmachakras
  10. dharmakaya
  11. dharmakayas

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