- Buddhahood
- noun Date: 1837 a state of perfect enlightenment sought in Buddhism
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Buddhahood — In Buddhism, buddhahood (Sanskrit: buddhatva .Pali: buddhatta . Or (both) buddhabhāva ) is the state of perfect enlightenment (Sanskrit: samyaksambodhi . Pali: sammāsambodhi ) attained by a Audio|Buddha.ogg|buddha (Pali/Sanskrit for awakened one… … Wikipedia
Buddhahood — /booh deuh hood , boo deuh /, n. the attainment of enlightenment as a Buddha. [1830 40; BUDDHA + HOOD] * * * … Universalium
Buddhahood — noun The state of being spiritually enlightened by the Buddhist teachings … Wiktionary
buddhahood — bud·dha·hood … English syllables
buddhahood — ˌhu̇d noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized : a state of enlightenment or religious salvation characterized negatively as release from the earthly fetters of suffering, sorrow, and illusion and positively as the state of perfect spiritual… … Useful english dictionary
Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… … Universalium
Bodhisattva — In the Buddhist context, a bodhisattva ( sa. बोधिसत्त्व, IAST|bodhisattva ; bo|t=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་|w=byang chub sems dpa; Vietnamese: Bồ Tát ; pi. बोधिसत्त, IAST|bodhisatta ; Thai: โพธิสัตว์, phothisat ; zh stp|t=菩薩|s=菩萨|p=púsà) means either… … Wikipedia
Buddha-nature — (Classical Chinese: 佛性, modern pinyin fó xìng , literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha dhatu Buddha Element , Buddha Principle , but seems to have been used most frequently to translate the Sanskrit Tathāgata garbha , meaning Buddha Matrix … Wikipedia
Mahayana — Mahāyāna Buddhism … Wikipedia
Nichiren — (日蓮) A statue of Nichiren outside Honnoji in the Teramachi District of Kyoto. School Mahayana, Nichiren Personal … Wikipedia
