Buddha
Nirvana's first finder
Buddha refers to Siddhartha Gautama, the Indian spiritual teacher who founded Buddhism in the 5th or 6th century BCE.
The title means "awakened one" in Sanskrit.
Images of the Buddha—seated in meditation, often rotund and serene—are ubiquitous in Asian art and Western décor.
The term also applies to anyone who has attained enlightenment in Buddhist philosophy: She meditated daily, hoping to become a buddha herself. (Lowercase buddha emphasizes the general concept of an enlightened being.)
Zen seated meditation
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
sitting · lotus position · breathing · awareness · stillness · tranquility · walking meditation · equanimity
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- recliningLeaning backward at rest
- seatedIn a chair
- standingPosition, physical or social
- mudraRitual hand gesture
golden · jade · laughing · giant · temple · shrine · altar · relic
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- realizationGrasping what's true
illumination · wisdom · insight · understanding · awareness · transcendence · clarity · consciousness
Buddhist religious community
- sutraEastern religious discourse
- vinayaBuddhist moral conduct
- tantraEsoteric spiritual discipline
- stupaBuddhist relic monument
eightfold path · middle way · zen · impermanence · samsara · rebirth · prajnaparamita
Aphoristic teaching verses
- vinayaBuddhist moral conduct
- suttaBuddhist doctrinal discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
discourses · precepts · refuges · sangha · transmission · lineage · karma
Benevolent, tender affection
- empathySharing another's emotions
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- generosityReadiness to give freely
kindness · altruism · selflessness · forgiveness · tolerance · understanding · goodwill · gentle
Revered authority figure
Deep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- penetrationEntry into something
- clarityState of being understandable
zazen
Zen seated meditation
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
contemplation · sitting · lotus position · breathing · awareness · stillness · tranquility · walking meditation · equanimity · breathwork
statue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
mudra · golden · jade · laughing · giant · temple · shrine · altar · relic · footprint
awakening
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
realization · illumination · wisdom · insight · understanding · awareness · transcendence · clarity · consciousness · epiphany
sangha
Buddhist religious community
stupa · eightfold path · middle way · zen · impermanence · samsara · rebirth · prajnaparamita
sutras
Aphoristic teaching verses
parables · discourses · precepts · refuges · sangha · transmission · lineage · karma
zen
Meditative calm
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
loving-kindness
Benevolent, tender affection
- empathySharing another's emotions
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
generosity · kindness · altruism · selflessness · forgiveness · tolerance · understanding · goodwill · gentle · care
guru
Revered authority figure
insight
Deep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- penetrationEntry into something
clarity · sagacity · knowledge · perception · omniscience
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- belieffaith, belief, belief systems, creed, dogma
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
- religious figuresJesus, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham, Mary
- Buddhist monasteryResidential religious community, Eastern
- Zen BuddhismMeditation-focused Eastern spiritual path
- Buddhist monkOrdained follower of Buddha
- Tibetan BuddhismHimalayan tantric spiritual tradition
- Buddhist templeShrine for Eastern worship
- buddha statueSculpture depicting enlightened teacher
Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, Buddhas, Buddha-nature, Buddhahood