Buddhist

Variant of Buddhism

Buddhism definition

Bud·dhism (bo̵̅o̅′diz′əm, bo̵od′iz′əm)

noun

a religion and philosophic system of central and eastern Asia, founded in India in the 6th cent. 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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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