In Mahayana Buddhism, Dharma means the Buddha’s teachings, and also indicates the fundamental cosmic or universal law. This law, however, does not mean a law established by legislative and social duties, but indicates a natural law of life, just as in the law of gravity or other natural phenomena. It is the pulse of life that permeates the entire universe and, in turn, is identical to the truth: the doctrine and the essence of all the Buddha’s wisdom, insight and subsequent teachings.