The History of Buddhist Thought c15.34

c15.34

² Franke translates “seinem Wesen nach”, Mrs. Rhys Davids “in virtue of a norm”. The *dhamma* of any particular class is that course of action which is right in accordance with the duties peculiar to that class. Here the *dhamma* of the arahat coincides with the doctrine, the word of Buddha which teaches the whole career of the arahat.