Buddhist
Follower of Dharma
A Buddhist is someone who follows Buddhism, the religion or philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
As an adjective, Buddhist describes things related to this tradition: Buddhist monks, Buddhist temples, Buddhist meditation practices.
The term covers a wide range of traditions—from Zen to Theravada to Tibetan—united by core teachings on suffering, impermanence, and the path to enlightenment.
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- robesLong loose outer garments
vinaya · novice · celibacy · monastery · abbot · preceptor · uposatha · renunciation
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- zazenZen seated meditation
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- samathaMeditative calming practice
chanting · mantra · breathwork · sitting · retreat · prostration · lovingkindness · offering
Buddhism of the elders
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
impermanence · non-self · suffering · emptiness · interdependence · aggregates
Release from cyclical existence
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- realizationGrasping what's true
illumination · unbinding · cessation · deathless · unconditioned
Eastern religious discourse
Concern for others' distress
- lovingkindnessCompassionate, enduring benevolence
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
patience · forgiveness · non-attachment · renunciation · wholesome · unwholesome · merit · altruism
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
robes · vinaya · novice · celibacy · monastery · abbot · preceptor · uposatha · renunciation · refuge
meditation
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- zazenZen seated meditation
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
samatha · chanting · mantra · breathwork · sitting · retreat · prostration · lovingkindness · offering · incense
Theravada
Buddhism of the elders
pratityasamutpada
nirvana · impermanence · non-self · suffering · emptiness · interdependence · aggregates
nirvana
Release from cyclical existence
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
realization · illumination · unbinding · cessation · deathless · unconditioned
sutra
Eastern religious discourse
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- lovingkindnessCompassionate, enduring benevolence
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
- generosityReadiness to give freely
equanimity · patience · forgiveness · non-attachment · renunciation · wholesome · unwholesome · merit · altruism
Siddhartha
Buddha's birth name
- TaraIrish feminine name
- BuddhaghosaTheravada's foremost commentator
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Hindus, Jews, Muslims
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, pop art
- wellness lifestyleshealth nut, clean eater, vegan, vegetarian, gym rat
Buddhistatheist
One denying gods exist
secular · materialist · non-religious · irreligious · agnostic
Buddhisthedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
materialist · consumerist · acquisitive · worldly · sensualist
- 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
- Buddhist meditationContemplative awareness practice
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Buddhists