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Dharma Initiative
Fictional organization in the television series Lost / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA (Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications[lower-alpha 1]), is a fictional research project and organization featured in the television series Lost. It was introduced in the second season episode "Orientation". In 2008, the Dharma Initiative website was launched.[lower-alpha 2] Dharma's interests were directly connected with fringe science. Dharma is a Sanskrit term used in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The logo is an octagon with the word "dharma" inside, all inscribed inside a bagua.
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