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Buddhism

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Buddhism"

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Word	Definition
hinduismnoun	A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.
buddhanoun	Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
religiousnoun	A member of a religious order, congregation, or certain other forms of consecrated life, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or other religious priest.
fatnoun	(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
buddhistsnoun	A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
zennoun	(religion) Of or related to Zen Buddhism.
channoun	(Internet, informal) An imageboard.
mahayananoun	(Buddhism) One of the two primary branches of Buddhism that emerged around the 1st century BCE, which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, and emphasizes the path of bodhisattva.
theravadanoun	(Buddhism) The oldest surviving school of Buddhism based on the earliest recorded teachings of the historical Buddha found in the Pali canon, widely practised in Southeast Asia.
buddhadharmanoun	—
dharmanoun	(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
shingonnoun	A major school of esoteric Buddhism in Japan.
rinzainoun	A school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on sudden enlightenment though koans and for that reason also known as the "sudden school".
yogacharanoun	An influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology that emphasizes phenomenology and ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices.
sotonoun	A school of Zen Buddhism in Japan, based on gradual attainment of enlightenment through meditation.
vajrayananoun	A form of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasises esoteric practices in order to attain Buddhahood at a much quicker rate.
hinayananoun	(Buddhism) Theravada Buddhism.
lamaismnoun	(dated, potentially offensive) Synonym of Tibetan Buddhism.
nichirennoun	A Buddhist sect of Japan based on the teachings of the Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222-1282), who claimed that the Lotus Sutra contained the only way to salvation.
tendainoun	A Mahayana Buddhist tradition with esoteric elements, officially established in Japan in 806 by the monk Saichō.