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Gotama

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Gotama [ˈgəʊtəmə]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Buddhism) the Pali form of the name Gautama


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It is possible that in contact with Western science, and inspired by the spirit of history, the original teaching of Gotama, revived and purified, may yet play a large part in the direction of human destiny.
Its early form (Theravda) has no concept of a saving god or a human soul, nor is Gotama the Buddha (Enlightened One) an object of worship.
They simply call him the Buddha or Gotama the Buddha.
 
 
 
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