Definitions for Buddha
ˈbu də, ˈbʊd əbud·dha

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddhanoun

   founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)

2. Buddhanoun

   one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. Buddhanoun

   Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.

2. Buddhanoun

   Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.

3. Buddhanoun

   An enlightened or awakened sentient being.

4. Buddhanoun

   A statue or image of any Buddha.

   I love the Buddha in your living room where did you get it?

5. buddhanoun

   An enlightened human being.

6. buddhanoun

   A statue or image of the Buddha.

7. buddhanoun

   Siddhartha Gautama.

8. buddhanoun

   marijuana

   I love the Buddha in your living room where did you get it?

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buddha

   Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic (Sanskrit: śramaṇa). After leading a life of begging, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha thereafter wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. He taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Nirvana, that is, freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His teachings are summarized in the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes ethical training and meditative practices such as sense restraint, kindness toward others, mindfulness, and jhana/dhyana (meditation proper). He died in Kushinagar, attaining paranirvana. The Buddha has since been venerated by numerous religions and communities across Asia. A couple of centuries after his death, he came to be known by the title Buddha, which means "Awakened One" or "Enlightened One." His teachings were compiled by the Buddhist community in the Vinaya, his codes for monastic practice, and the Sutta Piṭaka, a compilation of teachings based on his discourses. These were passed down in Middle Indo-Aryan dialects through an oral tradition. Later generations composed additional texts, such as systematic treatises known as Abhidharma, biographies of the Buddha, collections of stories about his past lives known as Jataka tales, and additional discourses, i.e., the Mahayana sutras.

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1. buddha

   Buddha is a term used in Buddhism to refer to a person who has attained full enlightenment, heightened spiritual insight, awareness or perfect wisdom and has overcome desire, ignorance and suffering, thereby liberated from the cycle of birth and death (samsara). The term is most often associated with Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, also known as "The Buddha". However, in Buddhist philosophy, anyone can potentially achieve this state of enlightenment and thus becomes a Buddha. The word "Buddha" comes from a Sanskrit word which means "the awakened one" or "the enlightened one".

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1. Buddhanoun

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buddha

   bōōd′da, n. an epithet applied to Sakyamuni or Gautama, the founder of the Buddhist religion.—ns. Bud′dhism, the religion founded by Buddha; Bud′dhist, a believer in Buddhism.—adjs. Buddhist′ic, Bud′dhist, pertaining to Buddhism.—Esoteric Buddhism (see Theosophy). [Sans. buddha, wise, from budh, to know.]

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1. Buddha

   The black face

   
   

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1. buddha

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MythologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buddha

   (Bud′dha). Primitively, a pagan deity, the Vishnu of the Hindoos.

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1. Buddha

   A prince of India who tired of good times and turned reformer. Advised his congregations to adopt the recall and referendum. Nailed several anti-saloon and burlesque planks in his platform. After B.'s death his friends filled the Orient with his bronzes. He was fat and wore a fascinating wart on his forehead.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Buddha in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Buddha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Buddha in a Sentence

1. Mickey Mehta:

   Neither Buddha built a Buddhist temple nor did Christ build a Catholic church, but these humans in their name have left the spirituality seekers in the lurch. No religious organizations have ever delivered God to humans, yes an idea of God may have been made available. The divinity has to be self realized, stop searching in temples, look within and get MickeyMized.

2. Seán O'Casey:

   Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great community in which all men born of woman are members at one time or another.

3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

4. John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven, p 56:

   After the bare requisites of living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone, or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who scribbles on a wall to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.

5. Mary Shea:

   It's human nature. People are always looking for spiritual leaders. When you have traditional churches failing and people are looking for spiritual guidance, it is not surprising that people go to other arenas, he told them he is on the same level as Buddha and Jesus Christ.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Buddha
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Buddha
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Buddha
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Buddha
7. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=Buddha
8. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=Buddha