buddha
Fully awakened being
A rare lowercase spelling sometimes used when referring to the concept of an enlightened being in Buddhist tradition, rather than to Siddhartha Gautama specifically.
In Buddhist thought, a buddha is any person who has achieved complete awakening: The tradition holds that many buddhas have appeared throughout history.
The lowercase form emphasizes the category rather than the historical founder. (Capitalized Buddha refers to the founder of Buddhism.)
Return to consciousness
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- realizationGrasping what's true
- illuminationProvision of light
transcendence · unbinding · release · cessation · insight · self-realization · moksha
awakening
Return to consciousness
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- realizationGrasping what's true
illumination · transcendence · unbinding · release · cessation · insight · self-realization · moksha
- Pali Buddhismsutta, vinaya, sangha, samsara, samadhi
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- karmacomeuppance, good deeds, poetic justice, karmic debt, what goes around comes around
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- samsarawheel of life, hell realm, karmic cycle, transmigration, ghost realm
buddhaMara
Hebrew name meaning bitter
hedonist · materialist · sensualist · worldling · glutton
- buddha statueSculpture depicting enlightened teacher
- Gautama BuddhaFounder of Buddhism
- Buddha bowlAbundant vegetarian grain bowl
- Buddha bellyRound protruding stomach
- seated BuddhaMeditation pose sculpture
- giant BuddhaColossal religious sculpture