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Buddha 

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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.
Buddha by Buddhabing April 11, 2004

Buddha 

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1. The man who founded Buddhism
2. Slang for Cannabis or Marijauna, this is due for the "Tranquil" feeling when used.
1. A:Hey Mate youre a bhuddist, right?
B: Yeah I Follow my man BUDDHA.
2 A: Mate you got the weed
B: Yeah Mate We'll be "following" BUDDHA!
Buddha by I.Unrequit.Love17 November 28, 2017

Buddha 

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Urban Slang For Weed.
"Buddha in the lefthand, courvoisier in the right."
Buddha by Diego July 30, 2003

Buddha 

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A dude who sat under a tree for a while
Person 1: yo bro Buddha is so cool
Person 2: who is Buddha?
Person 1: this dude who sat under a tree for so long he figured out life
Person 2: we should make a religion out of this…
Buddha by DaddySnowyz December 26, 2021

buddha 

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a man, a teacher who taught the way to inner peace... to stilling the fires of desire and attachment.
theres only one man i respect its the buddha.
buddha by LuciferAKAZeke September 23, 2005

Buddha 

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refering to someone being so awesome, rad, the best ever that the only person's strife who could compare to theirs would be Buddha.
"dude. we're so awesome."
"yeah, i'm pretty sure we're Buddha."
Buddha by BaconBuddha July 2, 2008
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

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