Gautama
Awakened one's name
Gautama is the family name of Siddhartha Gautama, the Indian prince who became the Buddha—the founder of Buddhism.
Born around the 5th century BCE, he renounced wealth and privilege to seek enlightenment, which he achieved through meditation.
The name appears in religious and philosophical contexts: the teachings of Gautama, Gautama Buddha.
Buddha's birth name
- Four Noble TruthsBuddhism's core teaching
- Deer ParkPlace or brand name
- MaraHebrew name meaning bitter
- bodhi treeFicus religiosa, spiritually significant
alms bowl · renunciation · ascetic · awakening · relics · footprints
Buddha's collected teachings
- Four Noble TruthsBuddhism's core teaching
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- non-selfForeign biological material
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
karma · rebirth · sutra · sermon · parable · discourse · precepts · vinaya
Release from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- liberationRelease from constraint
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
unbinding · realization · insight · samadhi · cessation · deathless · unconditioned · satori
Enlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- TheravadaBuddhism of the elders
- MahayanaBuddhism stressing universal liberation
- SanghaBuddhist monastic community
- monkCloistered religious devotee
nun · monastery · ordination · Zen · Tibetan · vipassana · meditation · mindfulness
Siddhartha
Buddha's birth name
- Four Noble TruthsBuddhism's core teaching
- Deer ParkPlace or brand name
- MaraHebrew name meaning bitter
bodhi tree · alms bowl · renunciation · ascetic · awakening · relics · footprints
Dharma
Buddha's collected teachings
- Four Noble TruthsBuddhism's core teaching
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- non-selfForeign biological material
suffering · karma · rebirth · sutra · sermon · parable · discourse · precepts · vinaya
nirvana
Release from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- liberationRelease from constraint
moksha · unbinding · realization · insight · samadhi · cessation · deathless · unconditioned · satori · absorption
Buddhism
Enlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- TheravadaBuddhism of the elders
- MahayanaBuddhism stressing universal liberation
- SanghaBuddhist monastic community
monk · nun · monastery · ordination · Zen · Tibetan · vipassana · meditation · mindfulness · retreat
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- BuddhaSiddhartha, Buddha, enlightenment, bodhi, nirvana
- sagessage, wise man, wise woman, wise elder, seer
- Hindu PhilosophyVedanta, vedanta, Yoga, Advaita, Brahman
- RigvedaIndra, Agni, Saraswati, rishi, mandalas
- Shakya ClanBuddha, Siddhartha, Maya
GautamaYahweh
Biblical God's proper name
Jesus Christ · Muhammad · Moses · Krishna · Vishnu
- Gautama BuddhaFounder of Buddhism
- Siddhartha GautamaFounder of Buddhism