What does "when I was coming up in dharma" mean?

[Arun]

[Dr. Daniel M. Ingram]

Coming up means something like: developing, growing up, progressing, like "when I was coming up in school or my career"

[Arun]

Thanks @danielmingram. I should've clarified it better.

I wanted to understand what "dharma" means here. In our Tamil culture the word dharma (dharmam/aram in Tamil) means moral or virtue or performance of good works. Is there an interpretation from that angle? I'd like to know if there's an alternative definition of Dharma.

[Arun]

From https://studybuddhism.com/en/essentials/what-is/what-is-the-dharma, it looks like Dharma in the world of Buddhism means Buddha's teachings. If this is accurate in the context in which the phrase "when I was coming up in Dharma" was used, it could mean, "as I was progressing with the teachings of the Buddha". Is my understanding correct? Once I understand the original meaning, I'll try to match the original English expression in Tamil as close as possible.

[Dr. Daniel M. Ingram]

Dhamma also means truth, meaning understanding how things are, Buddha or no, so it could mean “practicing to understand how reality is”.

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[Arun]

Thanks @danielmingram.