Buddhist
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.
Contemporary Examples
Violence on Everest Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan May 1, 2013
Gross National Happiness Christopher Dickey January 24, 2012
The Beyoncé Manifesto: Quotes on Nihilism and Feminism Amy Zimmerman December 11, 2014
Gaddafi’s Wacky Russian Soulmate Anna Nemtsova August 24, 2011
This Week’s Hot Reads The Daily Beast March 9, 2010
Historical Examples
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Elsmere Mrs. Humphry Ward
Sacred Books of the East Various
What I Saw in America G. K. Chesterton
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) Charles Eliot
noun
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 See nirvana
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Buddhism [(booh-diz-uhm, bood-iz-uhm)]
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