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a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, 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.
Related forms
Bud·dhist, noun, adjective
Bud·dhis·tic, Bud·dhis·ti·cal, adjective
Bud·dhis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non-Bud·dhist, noun, adjective
non-Bud·dhis·tic, adjective
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Buddhism [(booh-diz-uhm, bood-iz-uhm)]A reli-gion, 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.
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