Buddhabing's definitions

quantum entanglement

An affair with a particle physicist.

Now that would be telling.

by Buddhabing November 4, 2004

badabing badaboom

To run like clockwork.

Origin: Bart Simpson

Urbandictionary was surprisingly lacking a definition for badabing badaboom, then badabing badaboom! here it is!

by Buddhabing April 22, 2004

Buddhism

An offshoot of Brahminism/Vedism taught by the Indian Prince Gautama Siddhartha, which declared that there was no permanent self (Atman) and that liberation from suffering was to be found not by worshipping gods but by escaping from the cycle of birth and death. According to Gautama Buddha, suffering and rebirth are caused by attachment to things which are devoid of independent existence and thus impermanent.

While generally classified as a religion, Buddhism is probably more accurately described as a spiritual path. However, many Buddhist sects contain strong religious elements.

Buddha himself told his disciples that understanding in Buddhism should be established through personal insight rather than faith or revelation.

Some modern Buddhists, especially in the West, do not accept the ideas of karma and rebirth (after death) at face value.

Sokka Gakkai believers who chant for personal gain and belief-free Western Zen practitioners are Buddhists.

by Buddhabing September 3, 2005

green day

Some good songs but paved the way for safe commercial pseudo-punk bands like Blink182

Green Day was a black day for punk.

by Buddhabing April 23, 2004

buju

An alternative term for Jubu. Someone born Jewish who practices Buddhism.

Derek thought there was a spanner in the works, but in fact it was a buju.

by Buddhabing April 23, 2004

Buddha

Originally referred to the Indian prince Siddhartha Gautama who was supposed to have lived in India near the modern border with Nepal and to have become enlighted at the age of 35, but later applied to other people who are supposed to have become enlightened. Gautama's enlightenment was the realisation that the main source of dissatisfaction ('dukkha') was clinging to self, things and desires, which are all empty of independent existence ('sunyata'). Confusion about the nature of things, for example the belief in a separate self is described as 'samsara' and freedom from it as 'nirvana'.

Contrary to common Western belief, Gautama Buddha did not invent the idea of reincarnation (this was the dominant belief at the time) and his philosophy taught liberation from both reincarnation and dependence on worshipping gods. Belief in reincarnation or other metaphysical ideas is unnecessary.

Boy, people have a lot of wrong ideas about Buddha, they even think he was fat, when in fact that was a Chinese monk who later became known as the Laughing Buddha.

by Buddhabing April 11, 2004

zen

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form

Q: Does a cow have Buddha Nature?
A: Moo

by Buddhabing February 14, 2004