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Buddha
[ boo-duh, bood-uh ]
noun
- Prince Siddhāttha or Siddhartha, 566?–c480 b.c., Indian religious leader: founder of Buddhism. Also called ܳ· [boot, -soo, boot, -, boo, -ts, oo],.
- any of a series of teachers in Buddhism, of whom Gautama was the last, who bring enlightenment and wisdom.
- (sometimes lowercase) Buddhism. a person who has attained full prajna, or enlightenment; Arhat.
buddha
1/ ˈʊə /
noun
- Buddhism often capital a person who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
- an image or picture of the Buddha
Buddha
2/ ˈʊə /
noun
- the Buddha?563–483 bc , a title applied to Gautama Siddhartha, a nobleman and religious teacher of N India, regarded by his followers as the most recent rediscoverer of the path to enlightenment: the founder of Buddhism
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Buddha1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Buddha1
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A stone Buddha survives, as does some of Carter’s books on John Lennon, his hero.
But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”
Zion takes cover behind a statue of Buddha in the lily pad pond, and a corpse floats by.
Her works are filled with whimsy and joy, including a collection of platters and plates featuring inlaid porcelain flowers, vaguely defined creatures that hold birthday candles, penguin pitchers and Buddhas.
One woman salvaged a statue of Buddha, another marveled at how lemons hung yellow and unscathed in a yard where a house had fallen and vanished.
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