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• n  founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
• n  one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

• At an awesome 153 m tall, the bronze buddha recently unveiled in central China's Henan province seemed destined to become a rare tourist attraction in a place better known for its .

• Buddha
• Siddhartha
• Gautama
• Gautama Siddhartha
• Gautama Buddha

News & Articles

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• Fool’s gold
  The notion of a “golden mean” or “middle way” dates to ancient times and was postulated as a foundation of morality and wisdom by Greek philosophers, Gautama Buddha, Confucius and St. Thomas Aquinas, among many others.
  June 23, 2013 - Ridgefield Press
• Trip through Kathmandu offers memories for a lifetime
  Our last full day in Kathmandu dawned bright and cloudless, making it a perfect day to take a sightseeing flight with Buddha Air to see Mount Everest. Yes, that is the name of the airline company, or we could fly on Yeti Air.
  June 23, 2013 - Redlands Daily Facts
• Dharma Talk
  Fugan Eugene Bush, D.D. began formal practice in 1982 and received Dharma transmission from Katherine Thanas in 2010. For many years until recently Gene served as the Administrator of Santa Cruz Zen Center. He is now a Practice Leader and coordinator of the Sangha Support Net. Gene also teaches the traditional practice of sewing Buddha’s Robe -- rakusu and okesa. His paid work is as a teacher in ...
  June 23, 2013 - The North Coast Journal

Quotes

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• Macay McBride in Fort Wayne News Sentinel
  Fundamentalism in attitudes and beliefs often targets mankind's heritage structures and sites, leading to their destruction. The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan is only one stark example of such threats to heritage... Manmohan Singh http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmohan_Singh&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH6ZyRkwy1bOgMraS9dZn9q9TYvkg TopNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.topnews.in/manmohan-spreading-awareness-preservation-heritage-structures-28110&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHZ-8Pkox3ifvfG5ad9VWc1vHUh7A Dec 3, 2007 13272 18054 buddha It's his Buddha," McBride says. "He comes in one day with it acting like a guy gave him a million bucks. The guy gave him the Buddha."
• Maung Aye in International Herald Tribune
  To Burmese, monks are like sons of the Buddha,said Maung Aye, a taxi driver, as he drove around Yangon's 2,000-year-old Sule Pagoda, which is said to enshrine a hair of the Buddha and was a focal point of the protests and their suppression...