A report on Gautama Buddha
Ascetic and spiritual teacher of South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE.
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Buddhism
63 linksBuddhism, also known as Dharmavinaya — "doctrines and disciplines" — and Buddha Dharma, is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
Theravada
36 linksTheravāda (Sinhala: ථේරවාද, Thai: เถรวาท) (lit.
Theravāda (Sinhala: ථේරවාද, Thai: เถรวาท) (lit.
The school's adherents, termed Theravādins, have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or Buddha Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over a millennium.
Mahayana
31 linksTerm for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices.
Term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices.
Instead, Nattier writes that in the earliest sources, "Mahāyāna" referred to the rigorous emulation of Gautama Buddha's path to Buddhahood.
Bodhisattva
25 linksPerson who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
Person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
In early Buddhism, the term bodhisatta is used in the early texts to refer to Gautama Buddha in his previous lives and as a young man in his last life, when he was working towards liberation.
Jataka tales
15 linksThe Jātakas (meaning "Birth Story", "related to a birth") are a voluminous body of literature native to South Asia which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.
Ashoka
18 linksIndian emperor of the Maurya Empire, son of Bindusara, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
Indian emperor of the Maurya Empire, son of Bindusara, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
He is remembered for erecting the Ashoka pillars and spreading his Edicts, for sending Buddhist monks to Sri Lanka and Central Asia, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.
Śāriputra
16 linksŚāriputra (शारिपुत्र; Tibetan: ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་, Pali: Sāriputta, lit. "the son of Śāri", born Upatiṣya, Pali: Upatissa) was one of the top disciples of the Buddha.
Pāli Canon
14 linksStandard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.
Standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.
During the First Buddhist Council, thirty years after the parinibbana of Gautama Buddha in Rajgir, Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka, and Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka.
Nirvana (Buddhism)
13 linksNirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण, '; Pali: ') is "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activities of the worldly mind and its related suffering.
Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण, '; Pali: ') is "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activities of the worldly mind and its related suffering.
The founder of Buddhism, the Buddha, is believed to have reached both these states, the first at his Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, and the latter at his death many years later.
Buddhahood
13 linksTitle for those who are awake, and have attained nirvana and Buddhahood through their own efforts and insight, without a teacher to point out the dharma (Sanskrit 𑀥𑀭𑁆𑀫; Pali dhamma; "right way of living").
Title for those who are awake, and have attained nirvana and Buddhahood through their own efforts and insight, without a teacher to point out the dharma (Sanskrit 𑀥𑀭𑁆𑀫; Pali dhamma; "right way of living").
The title is most commonly used for Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, who is often simply known as "the Buddha".