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Buddha Quick reference
A Dictionary of Asian Mythology
... “The Buddha” is a term usually applied to the Buddha Sākyamuni ( see Buddha Sākyamuni ) otherwise known as Gautama Buddha ( see Gautama Buddha , Buddhism...
Buddha Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
... “Buddha” or “the Buddha” is a name usually applied to the Buddha Sakyamuni , otherwise known as Gautama Buddha . Some say he was the ninth avatar of the Indian god Vishnu . This Cambodian Buddha, having achieved ultimate enlightenment, sits under the broken protective hood of a naga. Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, New York. Musée des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris,...
Buddha Quick reference
A Dictionary of Buddhism
... Buddhism , a Buddha is simply a human being who has undergone a profound spiritual transformation. In Mahāyāna thought, by contrast, the concept of the Buddha developed in various ways, notably in the doctrine of the Buddha's ‘three bodies’ ( trikāya ). In terms of this teaching, the Buddha is seen as a cosmic being who from time to time manifests himself in human form. An important function of a Buddha is to act as a teacher, leading others to salvation by expounding the Dharma . The exception to this is the ‘private Buddha’ ( Pratyekabuddha ),...
buddha (T.) Reference library
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
...be only the most recent of a succession of buddhas who had appeared in the world over many eons of time ( kalpa ). In addition to Śākyamuni, there are many other buddhas named in Buddhist literature, from various lists of buddhas of the past, present, and future, to “buddhas of the ten directions” (daśadigbuddha), viz., everywhere. Although the precise nature of buddhahood is debated by the various schools, a buddha is a person who, in the far distant past, made a previous vow ( pūrvapraṇidhāna ) to become a buddha in order to reestablish the dispensation or...
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A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
... A title given to successive teachers (past and future) of Buddhism, although it usually denotes the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama ( c .563 bc – c .480 bc ). Although born an Indian prince (in what is now Nepal), he renounced his kingdom, wife, and child to become an ascetic, taking religious instruction until he attained enlightenment (nirvana) through meditation beneath a bo tree in the village of Bodhgaya. He then taught all who wanted to learn, regardless of sex, class, or caste, until his death. ‘Buddha’ means ‘enlightened’ in...
Buddha Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
...way towards enlightenment. The moment of truth came in c .528 bc as he sat beneath a banyan tree in the village of Buddha Gaya, Bihar, India. After this incident, he taught others about his way to truth. The title ‘buddha’ applies to those who have achieved perfect enlightenment. Buddhists believe that there have been several buddhas before Siddhartha, and there will be many to come. The term also serves to describe a variety of Buddha...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
... (Sanskrit, ‘the Enlightened’) The title given to Prince Siddhartha or gautama ( c. 563–483 bc ), the founder of buddhism . He is also called Sakyamuni from the name of the Sakyas, the warrior people into whom he was born. This title means ‘Sakya sage’. Buddha and the boar A Hindu legend relates that buddha died from eating dried boar’s flesh. The third avatar of vishnu was in the form of a boar, and in the legend ‘dried boar’s flesh’ probably typifies esoteric knowledge prepared for popular use. None but Buddha himself must take the...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
... (Pāli, Skt.; Chin., fo ; Jap., butsu ; Korean, pul ) 1 An enlightened person, literally, ‘one who has awakened’ to the truth. Traditional Buddhism teaches that there are two sorts, samyaksaṃbuddha ( see SAMMASAMBUDDHA ) and pratyekabuddha ; and that Gotama is one in a series of the former kind. Mahāyāna Buddhism extends the notion of a buddha into a universal principle: all beings possess a ‘buddha-nature’ and are therefore prospective buddhas. 2 Title applied to Gotama (Skt., Gautama) , the historical founder of Buddhism (hence, the Buddha...
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A Dictionary of Hinduism
...of the Purāṇas integrated the Buddha into some of the lists of Viṣṇu 's avatāras . It is perhaps significant that this occurred ( c. 10th–12th centuries ce ) at the time when Buddhist influence was starting to wane in India, and, according to some, losing its identity in pan-Indian Tantric forms of religion. From one perspective, therefore, the Buddha's ‘descent’ as an avatāra of Viṣṇu was perhaps simply an attempt to bring an increasingly theistic looking Buddhism under the Vaiṣṇava umbrella; from another, the Buddha avatāra was viewed not as a...
Buddha (South and Central Asia) Quick reference
A Dictionary of World Mythology
...for young people to adopt holy orders for a short period of time. But, as the Buddha is said to have foreseen, his teachings became an organized religion over the centuries, and evolved a distinct mythology, till in its final stage in India Buddhism was merged with Hinduism. The Buddha had many earlier lives which are described in the Jataka . Here we are only concerned with the chief legends surrounding the life of the historical founder of the Buddhist faith. The Buddha never denied the Hindu pantheon. On the contrary, prior to his incarnation as...
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The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
... The Buddha lived more than two thousand years ago in northeastern India. The religion he established spread throughout all parts of Asia and is now widely practiced in Europe and North America as well. The biographies of the Buddha include the Jataka Tales and the Buddha Carita . The reception and transmission of these stories shaped the later Buddhist tradition. By examining key elements of the life-story narratives and select examples of tales about his past-lives, themes can be examined that serve to underscore how the life of the Buddha might be...
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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace
... Suttas , or “utterances of Buddha himself,” Vinaya , or “rules of discipline,” and Abhidhamma , or “philosophical discussions.” Philosophy of Buddha The main features of early Buddhism are as follows: 1. The common understanding of physical perception is that these sensations and thoughts do not stand by themselves but belong to an unchanging entity known as the self. Buddha admitted the transient sensations and thoughts alone and denied the self, in this sense, as an unwarranted assumption. To state it in another way, Buddha admitted only states of...
Buddha (566-c. 486) Reference library
Leo LEFEBURE
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History (2 ed.)
...and meditation practices did not provide the answer he was seeking. Meditating in solitude, he underwent a transforming enlightenment at age thirty-five, and his followers acclaimed him as the Buddha, “the awakened one.” Because there are many Buddhas in the Buddhist tradition, Gautama is often referred to as Sakyamuni Buddha , the sage of the Sakya clan.. The Buddha expressed his insight in the Four Noble Truths, which are at the heart of Buddhist life and practice and are his central contribution. The First Noble Truth is that life as usually experienced...
Candasāra Buddha Reference library
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
...Candasāra Buddha . One of the most sacred of Burmese Buddha images. See Arakan Buddha...
Buddha-rūpa Quick reference
A Dictionary of Buddhism
...-rūpa (Skt.; Pāli). An image or statue of the Buddha...
Buddha-sāsana Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...-sāsana . Buddha-discipline, a term embracing the practice and teaching of the Buddha, and thus is a name for ‘Buddhism’: see also BUDDHA-DHARMA...
Buddha Sakyamuni Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
... Sakyamuni Sakyamuni, “the Buddha ,” is, in effect, the family name of Gautama Buddha , whose father was a king of the Sakyas. The Buddha is sometimes referred to simply as...
Emerald Buddha Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...Buddha . The Buddha image, now in the Grand Palace in Bangkok, which epitomizes the Buddha's protection of the king and people of...
Buddha-dharma Quick reference
A Dictionary of Buddhism
...-dharma (Skt., Buddha-teachings). The doctrines or teachings of the Buddha ; that which is known in the West as ‘ Buddhism...
Buddha Sākyamuni Quick reference
A Dictionary of Asian Mythology
... Sākyamuni Sākyamuni (Śākyamuni in sanskrit) “the Buddha,” is, in effect, the family name of Gautama Buddha ( see Gautama Buddha ), whose father was a king of the Śākyas. The Buddha is sometimes referred to simply as “Sākyamuni” ( see Buddhism...
