buddha meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

buddha

nounalso spelled Buddha

Alternative letter-case form of Buddha.

What the fuck are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand? O that's not a buddha that's some high goddess or other.1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise, Penguin Books, page 152:

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I know how it feel to wake up fucked up Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell People look at you like you's the user Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser1994, The Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle”, in Ready to Die:
It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathin' a sniper's breath I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps1994, Nas, “It Ain't Hard to Tell”, in Illmatic:

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Thinkin' of cash flow, buddha, and shelter1994, Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”, in Illmatic:

Buddha

noun

UK /ˈbʊdə/ · US /ˈbudə/

Etymology Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”).

Buddhism, Lifestyle, Religion Any other person considered similarly enlightened.

At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
“Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:

Broadly Any other person considered similarly enlightened.

There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.

Figuratively, Ironic Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.

Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, season 2, episode 2:

A statue or image of any Buddha.

I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

Derived terms: Buddha-dharma, Buddhahood, Buddha-nature, Buddha's delight, Buddhisation, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhization, Buddhological, Buddhologist, Buddhology