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Buddha

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Bud·dha 1  (bd, bd) Originally Siddhartha Gau·ta·ma (gôt-m, gou-) 563?-483? b.c.
Indian mystic and founder of Buddhism. He began preaching after achieving supreme enlightenment at the age of 35.
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Noun1.BuddhaBuddha - founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
2.Buddha - one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
holy man, holy person, saint, angel - person of exceptional holiness
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Buddha [ˈbudə] nBouddha m
Buddha [ˈbudə] nBuddha m
Buddha [ˈbudə] nBudda m


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Both Buddha and Lao Tzu are poets, one listening to the rhythm of infinite sorrow, one to the rhythm of infinite joy.
"Lady Grace," he said, turning to the statuette of Buddha in a corner of the room and taking from its neck a string of strange blue stones, "I will not ask you to wear these, for they have adorned the necks of idols for many centuries, but if you will keep them for my sake, they may remind you sometimes of the color of our skies.
There was in the front a thick and broad hasp, wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha.
 
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