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In the belief (or observation) that a natural justice and harmony pervades, the natural world becomes manifest in the concept of rta, which is both 'nature's way' and the order implicit in nature. Thus rta bears a resemblance to the ancient Chinese concept of tao and the Heraclitean, stoic or Christian conception of the logos.
This "power" that lies behind nature and that keeps everything in balance became a natural forerunner to the idea of dharma. The idea of rta laid the cornerstone of Dharma's implicit attribution to the "ultimate reality" of the surrounding universe