Buddha
n.
(born Siddhartha Gautama) Nepali religious leader and the founder of Buddhism (c.563-c.483 BC); spiritual teacher; person who has reached full enlightenment
Buddha
In
Buddhism, a (
Sanskrit: Awakened) is any being who has become fully awakened (enlightened), and has experienced
Nirvana. In the
Pali Canon and the
Theravada tradition, the term 'buddha' usually refers to anyone who has become enlightened (i.e., awakened to the truth, or
Dharma) on their own, without a teacher to point out the
Dharma, in a time when the teachings on the
Four Noble Truths or the
Eightfold Path do not exist in the world. By comparison, those who awaken due to the teachings given by a Buddha are known as
Arahants, a title also applied to Buddhas. Arahants and Buddhas are the same in the most fundamental aspects of Liberation (
Nirvana), but differ in their
paramis.
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Buddha
Noun
1. founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
(synonym) the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha
(hypernym) mystic, religious mystic
2. one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
(hypernym) saint, holy man, holy person, angel
Buddha
n.
Buddha, Indian religious leader and the founder of Buddhism; Indian spiritual teacher; person who has reached full enlightenment
Buddha
(n.)
The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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