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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XibitZ" data-source="post: 17578768" data-attributes="member: 132898"><img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/icons/sq/10.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />පන්ච න්‍යාම ධර්මhttp://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16360291. Utu Niyama Utu Niyama is the natural law of non-living matter. This  natural law orders the change of seasons and phenomena related to  climate and the weather. It explains the nature of heat and fire, soil  and gasses, water and wind. Most natural disasters such as floods and  earthquakes would be governed by Utu Niyama.Put into modern terms, Utu Niyama would correlate with what we think of  as physics, chemistry, geology, and several sciences of inorganic  phenomena. The most important point to understand about Utu Niyama is  that the matter it governs is not part of the law of karma and is not  overridden by karma. So, from a Buddhist perspective, natural disasters  such as earthquakes are not caused by karma. 2. Bija Niyama Bija Niyama is the law of living matter, what we would think of as biology. The Pali word bija  means "seed," and so Bija Niyama governs the nature of germs and seeds  and the attributes of sprouts, leaves, flowers, fruits, and plant life  generally.Some modern scholars suggest that laws of genetics that apply to all  life, plant and animal, would come under the heading of Bija Niyama. 3. Kamma NiyamaKamma, or karma in Sanskrit, is the law of moral  causation. All of our volitional thoughts, words and deeds create an  energy that brings about effects, and that process is called karma.The important point here is that Kamma Niyama is a kind of natural law,  like gravity, that operates without having to be directed by a divine  intelligence. In Buddhism, karma is not a cosmic criminal justice  system, and no supernatural force or God is directing it to reward the  good and punish the wicked.Karma is, rather, a natural tendency for skillful (kushala) actions to create beneficial effects, and unskillful (<a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhismglossarya/g/Akusaladefine.htm" target="_blank">akushala</a>) actions to create harmful or painful effects. 4. Dhamma Niyama The Pali word dhamma, or <a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/abuddhistglossary/g/dharmadef.htm" target="_blank">dharma</a>  in Sanskrit, has several meanings. It often is used to refer to the  teachings of the Buddha. But it also is used to mean something like  "manifestation of reality" or the nature of existence.One way to think of Dhamma Niyama is as natural spiritual law. The doctrines of <a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/abuddhistglossary/g/Anatman.htm" target="_blank">anatta</a> (no self) and <a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/abuddhistglossary/g/shunyatadef.htm" target="_blank">shunyata</a> (emptiness) and the <a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/tp/threemarks.htm" target="_blank">marks of existence</a>, for example, would be part of Dhamma Niyama.5. Citta Niyama Citta, sometimes spelled chitta, means  "mind," "heart," or "state of consciousness." Citta Niyama is the law of  mental activity -- something like psychology. It concerns  consciousness, thoughts, and perceptions.We tend to think of our minds as "us," or as the pilot directing us  through our lives. But in Buddhism, mental activities are phenomena that  arise from causes and conditions, like other phenomena.In the teachings of the <a href="http://buddhism.about.com/od/whatistheself/a/skandhasexplan.htm" target="_blank">Five Skandhas</a>,  mind is a kind of sense organ, and thoughts are sense objects, in the  same way the nose is a sense organ and smells are its objects.</blockquote>

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