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# buddha

«buddha» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Buddha was a teacher who lived in ancient India and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

proper noun (the Buddha); noun (a buddha, buddhas: a statue or an enlightened person)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Buddha was a teacher who lived in ancient India and started the religion of Buddhism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#m1)

2) A buddha is a person who, in Buddhism, has become fully awake or enlightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#m2)

3) A Buddha is a statue or picture of the Buddha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education pupils learn that the Buddha taught about kindness, calm and the end of suffering, and that Buddhists follow his teachings. In everyday life people see Buddha statues in gardens, temples and homes. The word means «the awakened one».

### examples

- The Buddha taught people to be kind to all living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x1)
- We saw a huge golden Buddha in the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x2)
- Buddhists follow the teachings of the Buddha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x3)
- There is a small stone Buddha in Aunt May's garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x4)
- The Buddha sat under a tree to think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x5)
- Our RE lesson was about the life of the Buddha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x6)
- May Buddha help me or I am lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/#x7)

### note

Usually written with a capital: «the Buddha». It is a title, not a first name. The religion is «Buddhism» and its followers are «Buddhists». Treat religious images with respect.

### In the corpora

- [Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, in India about 2500 years ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buddha» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buddha/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.