Dharma Means Truth

In Sanscrit Dharma means "truth"  as a one word English synonym.  Truth and adherence to the truth was considered as religious practice to the ancient Indus Valley civilization.  Truth too,  has levels of meaning.  There are relative and ultimate truths in our own existence.  There is the dharma, or truth of the chair in which I am sitting.  There are also truths in the words we speak and the actions we commit and to the replay value of the stories of our lives as we relive them in memory.  Dharma is also the truth of enlightened but realization of real Dharma is a reflection of the truth with which we live our lives.