Note 180 — LECTURE IV. THE DHARMA OF BUDDHA:[180] THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Dharma, an ancient Brahman term, meaning law or order; what holds things as they are, or ought to be. In later Sanskrit it also means duty and virtue, i.e. law performed.—Gifford Lectures, Natural Religion, pp. 94, 95. Buddha is also an ancient Brahman term applied to one who has attained a perfect knowledge of the Self.—Satapatha-brahmana, xiv. 7. 2. 17. In Buddhism Dharma means Buddha’s doctrines, “bodhi,” i.e. knowledge self-acquired, as distinguished from “Veda,” i.e. revelation obtainable only through the Brahmans.—Sir Monier Williams’ Buddhism, p. 97.