According to Buddhist teachings, Dharma is the doctrine and so the universal truth of reality.
In Hinduism, Dharma is one of the four components of Puruṣārtha and represents the behaviors considered to be in accord with Rta. The other 3 components are Artha (means of life; activities and resources), Kama (desire, passion, emotion, pleasure of senses), and Moksha (self-knowledge, self-realization, liberation in this life or from Saṃsāra). It includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues, and ‘right way of living’.
The wheel of dharma, or dharmachakra, is divided in to eight distinct spokes representing the Eightfold Path:
- Moral Virtue
- Right Speech
- Right Action / Conduct
- Right Occupation / Livelihood
- Meditation
- Right Effort
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Concentration (samadhi)
- Wisdom
- Right View
- Right Resolve / Intention