What does Buddha mean?
Definitions for Buddha
ˈbu də, ˈbʊd əbud·dha
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Princeton's WordNet
Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddhanoun
founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Buddhanoun
one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
Wiktionary
Buddhanoun
Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhanoun
Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.
Buddhanoun
An enlightened or awakened sentient being.
Buddhanoun
A statue or image of any Buddha.
I love the Buddha in your living room where did you get it?
buddhanoun
An enlightened human being.
buddhanoun
A statue or image of the Buddha.
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Siddhartha Gautama.
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I love the Buddha in your living room where did you get it?
Wikipedia
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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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".
Webster Dictionary
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 Dictionary
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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Mythology
Buddha
(Bud′dha). Primitively, a pagan deity, the Vishnu of the Hindoos.
Who Was Who?
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Buddha in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Buddha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Buddha in a Sentence
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection The above quote does not seem to be said by Buddha
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.
If Buddha happened, he certainly would protect those Muslim brothers and sisters.
Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance":
I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself.
The mouth prays to Buddha, but the heart is full of evil
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