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Buddhism

[boo-diz-uhm, bood-iz-]

noun

  1. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Myanmar (Burma), Japan, Tibet, and parts of Southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.



Buddhism

/ ˈʊɪə /

noun

  1. a religious teaching propagated by the Buddha and his followers, which declares that by destroying greed, hatred, and delusion, which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment See nirvana

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Buddhism

  1. A religion, founded by the Buddha, that emphasizes physical and spiritual discipline as a means of liberation from the physical world. The goal for the Buddhist is to attain nirvana, a state of complete peace in which one is free from the distractions of desire and self-consciousness. Buddhists are found in the greatest numbers in eastern Asia.

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Other Word Forms

  • anti-Buddhist adjective
  • Buddhist adjective
  • Buddhistic adjective
  • Buddhistical adjective
  • Buddhistically adverb
  • non-Buddhist adjective
  • non-Buddhistic adjective
  • pre-Buddhist adjective
  • pro-Buddhist adjective
  • pseudo-Buddhist adjective
  • ˈܻ󾱲 noun
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

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Yet in philosophies like Buddhism, there is no fixed self.

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There were recently events on Buddhism, sacred geometry and the importance of design.

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“ do Buddhism and psychoanalysis have in common?”

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In Tibetan Buddhism, the bardo is the transitional state between death and rebirth.

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Victoria takes over the world, Piper ditches Buddhism for Duke, and Chelsea leaves Rick for Saxon.

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