ALL meanings of buddhism
Bud·dhism
B b - uncountable noun buddhism Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires. 3
- noun buddhism 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 3
- noun buddhism a religion and philosophic system of central and eastern Asia, founded in India in the 6th cent. b.c. by Buddha: it teaches that right thinking and self-denial will enable the soul to reach Nirvana, a divine state of release from misdirected desire 3
- noun buddhism Asian religion 1
- noun buddhism 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. 1
- noun buddhism The religion and philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha. 0