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Buddha's Birthday Buddhism

Buddha's Birthday

The birthday of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) is a traditional Buddhist festival. Beyond the sole celebration of the birth of the historical Buddha, Vesak celebrates the three great stages of his...

Buddha's Birthday

The birthday of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) is a traditional Buddhist festival. Beyond the sole celebration of the birth of the historical Buddha, Vesak celebrates the three great stages of his...

Tathāgata Buddhism

Tathāgata

Tathāgata (Devanagari तथागत) - Chinese 如来, Rú lái), Japanese Nyorai (如来? ), Korean Yeorae (여래), Vietnamese Như Lai, Tibetan de-bZhin-gShegs-pa-it is a Sanskrit and Pāli word that can be translated...

Tathāgata

Tathāgata (Devanagari तथागत) - Chinese 如来, Rú lái), Japanese Nyorai (如来? ), Korean Yeorae (여래), Vietnamese Như Lai, Tibetan de-bZhin-gShegs-pa-it is a Sanskrit and Pāli word that can be translated...

Middle Way Buddhism

Middle Way

The middle path, median path or middle way (Pali: majjhimā-patipadā; Sanskrit: madhyamā-pratipad) is the term used in Buddhism by Siddhartha Gautama in his first sermon referring to the Noble Eightfold...

Middle Way

The middle path, median path or middle way (Pali: majjhimā-patipadā; Sanskrit: madhyamā-pratipad) is the term used in Buddhism by Siddhartha Gautama in his first sermon referring to the Noble Eightfold...

Nirvana Buddhism

Nirvana

Nirvana (Sanskrit IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism that means "extinction" (from the fire of passions, ignorance) or "liberation" (from the saṃsāra, the...

Nirvana

Nirvana (Sanskrit IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism that means "extinction" (from the fire of passions, ignorance) or "liberation" (from the saṃsāra, the...

Noble Eightfold Path Buddhism

Noble Eightfold Path

The Noble Eightfold Path or Noble Eightfold Path (Sanskrit IAST aṣṭāṅgamārga; pāli aṭṭhāṅgika magga) is, in Buddhism, the path that leads to the cessation of dukkha (dissatisfaction, suffering) as well...

Noble Eightfold Path

The Noble Eightfold Path or Noble Eightfold Path (Sanskrit IAST aṣṭāṅgamārga; pāli aṭṭhāṅgika magga) is, in Buddhism, the path that leads to the cessation of dukkha (dissatisfaction, suffering) as well...

Buddha Buddhism

Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama, (Sanskrit, devanāgarī सिद्धार्थ गौतमा; pāli, Siddhattha Gotama), better known as Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha, Śākyamuni Buddha (शाक्यमुनि, Śākyamuni, "the sage of the Śākya") or simply Buddha, known...

Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama, (Sanskrit, devanāgarī सिद्धार्थ गौतमा; pāli, Siddhattha Gotama), better known as Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha, Śākyamuni Buddha (शाक्यमुनि, Śākyamuni, "the sage of the Śākya") or simply Buddha, known...