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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Buddha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One or Enlightened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who has discovered enlightenment (bodhi), although it is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the historical founder of Buddhism. According to the Tripitaka, for instance, Gautama Buddha was the 28th Buddha. That sutra has the Buddha indicate that he became Awakened countless, immeasurable, inconceivable myriads of trillions of aeons ("kalpas") ago and that his lifetime is "forever existing and immortal". www.hallencyclopedia.com /Buddha   (814 words)

Gautama Buddha Falling violently ill, Buddha instructed his attendant Ānanda to convince Cunda that the meal eaten at his place had nothing to do with his passing and that his meal would be a source of the greatest merit as it provided the much-needed energy for the Buddha. Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. www.wikipediaondvd.com /nav/art/v/7.html   (3293 words)

Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Buddha is fully awakened and has realized the ultimate truth of life (Dharma), and thus ended (for himself) the suffering which unawakened people experience in life. However, a Buddha recognizes the unchanging nature of the Dharma, which is an eternal principle and an unconditioned and timeless phenomenon. Buddhas are frequently represented in the form of statues and paintings. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddha   (1118 words)

Wikipedia search result The Buddha eventually accepted them five years after the formation of the Sangha on the grounds that their capacity for enlightenment was equal to that of men, but he gave them certain additional rules (Vinaya) to follow. Falling violently ill, Buddha instructed his attendant Ānanda to convince Cunda that the meal eaten at his place had nothing to do with his passing and that his meal would be a source of the greatest merit as it provided the last almsmeal for a Buddha. In Bahá'í Buddha is classified as one of the Manifestations of God which is a title for a major prophet in the Bahá'í faith. www.feedbus.com /wikis/wikipedia.php?title=Gautama_Buddha   (4533 words)

[No title] Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher who was born in Lumbini, a place situated between modern Nepal and the state of Bihar in India. At the age of eighty, the Buddha ate his last meal, which, according to different translations, was either a mushroom delicacy or soft pork, which he had received as an offering from a flsmith named Cunda. The Buddha's body was cremated and the relics were placed in monuments or stupas, some of which are believed to have survived until the present. www.algebra.com /~pavlovd/wiki/Gautama_Buddha   (2354 words)

Buddha Information A Buddha is fully awakened and has realized the ultimate truth of life (Dharma), and thus ended (for himself) the suffering which unawakened people experience in life. However, a Buddha recognizes the unchanging nature of the Dharma, which is an eternal principle and an unconditioned and timeless phenomenon. Buddhas are frequently represented in the form of statues and paintings. www.bookrags.com /wiki/Buddha   (1093 words)

Buddha - Wikipedia A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa. A Buddha is fully awakened and has realized the ultimate truth, the non-dualistic nature of life, and thus ended (for himself) the suffering which unawakened people experience in life. Some schools of Mahayana Buddhism believe that the Buddha is no longer essentially a human being but has become a being of a different order altogether and that the Buddha, in his ultimate transcendental "body/mind" mode as Dharmakaya, has an eternal and infinite life (see eternal Buddha) and is possessed of great and immeasurable qualities. en.wikilib.com /wiki/Buddha   (1381 words)

buddha information - buddha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Buddha was born around 565 B.C. in Lumbini Park in the city of Kapilavastu in the ancient northern India, today's Nepal. Buddha is a blink-182 demo album that was originally recorded in 1993 and released on CD for the first time in 1998. Buddha is one of the many epithets of a teacher who lived in northern India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries before the... www.mushbuddha.info   (1171 words)

Buddha, Nirvāna, citta, Sutra, target, nature, class, state, nirvāna, Nibbāna, Buddhism, Nirvāṇa, ... It is necessary to note that "the highest happiness" spoken of by Buddha is not the transitory, sense-based happiness of everyday life, but rather an enduring, transcendental happiness integral to the calmness attained through enlightenment. The Buddha describes the abiding in nirvana as a state of 'deathlessness' (Pali: amata or amaravati) and the "unconditioned" and as the highest spiritual attainment, the natural result that accrues to one who lives a life of virtuous conduct in accordance with Dharma. Buddha was both in Samsara while having attained to Nirvana so that he was seen by all, and simultaneously free from samsara. www.alphasearch.org /Nirvana.html   (2575 words)

Nirvana - Deistpedia, the Deist encyclopedia Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation." Hinduism and Jainism also use the word nirvana to describe the state of moksha, and it is spoken of in several Hindu tantric texts as well as the Bhagavad Gita. Elsewhere the Buddha calls nirvana 'the unconditioned element' (i.e., that which is not subject to causation). It should also be noted that the Buddha discouraged certain lines of speculation, including speculation into the state of an enlightened being after death, on the grounds that these were not useful for pursuing enlightenment; thus definitions of nirvāna might be said to be doctrinally unimportant. templeofreason.org /test7/Nirvana.htm   (1320 words)

BUDDHA : Encyclopedia Entry In Buddhism, a Buddha (Sanskrit, Pāli) is any being who has become fully awakened (enlightened), has permanently overcome anger, greed, and ignorance, and has achieved complete liberation from suffering. The name Buddha is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the historical founder of Buddhism. The Tathagata [Buddha] is also thus, eternally abiding, without change." This is a particularly important metaphysical and soteriological doctrine in the book of TaliyaLotus Sutra and the Tathagatagarbha sutras. bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Buddha   (1310 words)

Buddha information - Search.com synonyms: Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha The Lotus Sutra has the Buddha indicating that he became awakened countless, immeasurable, inconceivable myriads of trillions of aeons ("kalpas") ago and that his lifetime is "forever existing and immortal". The Buddha comments there: "I say that those who do not know that the Tathagata [Buddha] is eternal are the foremost of the congenitally blind." This view, it should be noted, is typically not found in mainstream Theravada Buddhism. www.search.com /reference/Buddha   (1314 words)

Buddha - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) From the standpoint of classical Buddhist doctrine, a Buddha is anyone who rediscovers the Dharma and achieves enlightenment, having amassed sufficient positive karma to do so. The idea of an everlasting Buddha is a notion popularly associated with the Mahayana scripture, the Lotus Sutra. In the Chronicle of the Buddhas (the Buddhavamsa), mention is made of only 24 Buddhas having arisen before Gautama Buddha. www.voyager.in /Buddha   (1158 words)

India, Indian States, India States, Indian hotels, Indian News and Indian Tourism, India Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Siddhartha Gautama (Pali Siddhattha Gautama), the historical founder of Buddhism, is often referred to as "Buddha", or "the Buddha". A common misconception views Buddha as the Buddhist counterpart to “God”; Buddhism, however, is non-theistic (i.e., in general it does not teach the existence of a supreme creator god (see God in Buddhism) or depend on any supreme being for enlightenment; Buddha is a guide and teacher who points the way to nirvana). Some schools of Mahayana Buddhism believe that the Buddha is no longer essentially a human being but has become a being of a different order altogether and that, in his ultimate transcendental "body/mind" mode as Dharmakaya, he has eternal and infinite life and is possessed of great and immeasurable qualities. www.nagalandin.org /wiki-Buddha   (2045 words)

Buddha Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One or Enlightened One, from the root: ¡Ìbudh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who has discovered enlightenment (bodhi), although it is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Gautama Buddha stated that there is no intermediary between mankind and the divine; distant spirits and gods are themselves subject to karma in decaying heavens. The sutra itself, however, does not directly employ the phrase "eternal Buddha"; yet similar notions are found in other Mahayana scriptures, notably the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, which presents the Buddha as the ultimately real, eternal ("nitya"/ "sasvata"), unchanging, blissful, pure Self (Atman) who, as the Dharmakaya, knows of no beginning or end. www.buddhaindex.com /browse.php?cat=28573   (1400 words)

Gautama Buddha information - Search.com The Buddha founded the community of Buddhist monks and nuns (the Sangha) to continue the dispensation after his Parinirvāṇa (Pāli: Paribbāna) or "complete Nirvāṇa", and made thousands of converts. However, the actual date traditionally accepted as the date of the Buddha's death in Theravāda countries is 544 or 543 BCE, because the reign of Aśoka was traditionally reckoned to be about sixty years earlier than current estimates (based on Aśoka's own inscriptions, and therefore among the soundest dates in early Indian history). In some, the Buddha has been described in such a manner that many Buddhists find unacceptable as the texts say that Viṣṇu had taken the Buddha incarnation to "mislead" the "demons" from the true Vedic path by deliberately propagating a false religion. www.search.com /reference/Gautama_Buddha   (2993 words)

Samsara (Buddhism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The basic idea that there is a cycle of birth and rebirth is, however, not questioned in early Buddhism and its successors, and neither is, generally, the concept that saṃsāra is a negative condition to be abated through religious practice concluding in the achievement of final nirvāṇa. According to several strands of the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition, the division of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa is attacked using an argument that extends some of the basic premises of anātman and of Buddha's attack on orthodox accounts of existence. Buddha was the first person to grasp the belief of Samsara and figure out how to end it. www.surfindark.com /index.cgi/000110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara_(Buddhism)   (1167 words)

Zen The fundamental Zen practice of zazen, or seated meditation, recalls both the posture in which the Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, and the elements of mindfulness and concentration which are part of the Eightfold Path as taught by the Buddha. All of the Buddha's fundamental teachings—among them the Eightfold Path, the Four Noble Truths, the idea of dependent origination, the five precepts, the five aggregates, and the three marks of existence—also make up important elements of Zen. The idea of a line of descent from Sakyamuni Buddha is a distinctive institution of Zen which Suzuki (1949:168) contends was invented by hagiographers to grant Zen legitimacy and prestige. libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Zen.html   (6849 words)

Buddha The Lotus Sutra has the Buddha indicating that he became awakened countless, immeasurable, inconceivable myriads of trillions of aeons ("kalpas") ago and that his lifetime is "forever existing and immortal". The Buddha comments there: "I say that those who do not know that the Tathagata [Buddha] is eternal are the foremost of the congenitally blind." This view, it should be noted, is typically not found in mainstream Theravada Buddhism. Buddha Hand (Fut Sao) Wing Chun is a family of wing chun which has retained the soft, internal components without giving up the aggressive, sticking, springy power components. omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Buddha   (2795 words)

Forums - iStockphoto Discussion - All or Nothing | iStockphoto.com However, just for the hell of it, I typed in other fictional religious figures like Buddha and Mohammed and those fictional creations were not given the same treatment as their Christian counterparts. Mohammed and Buddha aren't claimed to be the creator of all life as we know it. Neither Buddha (Siddhartha) nor Mohamed are God, they are/were theoretically real, live human beings and thus do not belong under the same classification. www.istockphoto.com /forum_messages.php?threadid=43157   (636 words)

Buddha - OneLook Dictionary Search Buddha : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] Phrases that include Buddha: the buddha, gautama buddha, pratyeka buddha, baba buddha, birth of buddha, more... Words similar to Buddha: gautama, siddhartha, gautama buddha, the buddha, more... www.onelook.com /?w=Buddha&ls=a   (292 words)

Occult, by Wikipedia.org American Buddha Online Library and Western Cultural Bazaar For other uses of this term, see occult (disambiguation). The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the 'knowledge of the secret' or 'knowledge of the hidden' and often meaning 'knowledge of the supernatural', as opposed to 'knowledge of the visible' or 'knowledge of the measurable', usually refered to as science. www.american-buddha.com /occultwiki.htm   (614 words)

Osamu Tezuka on LibraryThing | Catalog your books online A: We're working on a solution, but if you want you can post a brief disambiguation notice. Buddha, Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu (Buddha) 61 copies, 1 review Buddha, Volume 8: Jetavana (Buddha) 56 copies, 1 review www.librarything.com /author/tezukaosamu   (336 words)

Tattoo fashion Just over 100 hours of custom work all done at the Smilin' Buddha in Calgary, Alberta. I've even managed to get 3 pictures of my work (one full page) in Paul Jefferies' vanity press book celebrating his 25 years in the industry. In the course of getting my work done, I've bought more than my share of tattoo books and have looked through dozens of books at the Buddha including the owner's private library and I'm sad to say that this book is tied for last place with one other book. tattoos.all-fashion-infoport.info   (4261 words)

Constitutional Amendment: Condorcet/Clone Proof SSD Voting Method Voting Ends: Fri June 20 23:59:59 UTC 2003 In response to a query, Buddha Buck has provided a summary of the rationale for this GR. Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or election], change item 3 to read: 3. www.debian.org /vote/2003/vote_0002   (1117 words)

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