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Buddhism
[ boo-diz-uhm, bood-iz- ]
noun
- a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Myanmar (Burma), Japan, Tibet, and parts of Southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.
Buddhism
/ ˈʊɪə /
noun
- a religious teaching propagated by the Buddha and his followers, which declares that by destroying greed, hatred, and delusion, which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment See nirvana
Buddhism
- A religion, founded by the Buddha , that emphasizes physical and spiritual discipline as a means of liberation from the physical world. The goal for the Buddhist is to attain nirvana , a state of complete peace in which one is free from the distractions of desire and self-consciousness. Buddhists are found in the greatest numbers in eastern Asia .
Derived Forms
- ˈܻ, nounadjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·پ-ܻ· adjective noun
- ܻ· adjective noun
- ܻ··پ ܻ··پ· adjective
- ܻ··پ··ly adverb
- non-ܻ· adjective noun
- non-ܻ··پ adjective
- pre-ܻ· adjective
- pro-ܻ· adjective noun
- pseu·do-ܻ· adjective noun
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Victoria takes over the world, Piper ditches Buddhism for Duke, and Chelsea leaves Rick for Saxon.
Mike is very intentionally setting this female dynamic in this season about spirituality and Buddhism.
McNamara: Piper wants to get away from her family and for Buddhism to be her thing.
But since she’s writing her senior thesis on Buddhism, or so she says, the Ratliffs decide to make “a road trip” of it, as Timothy tells hotel staff that neither asked nor cares.
Frank has turned his decadent life around and has found peace with Buddhism and is so clean that he won’t let his lips touch alcohol, preferring chamomile tea.
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