Buddha Vocab

Kama

desire of the senses, especially sexual desire

Om

The perfect one

Gotama

Clan name of the Buddha

Govinda

German Buddhist (A painter of distinction)

Samanera

A novice who keeps the precepts but who has not yet achieved full ordination of the rank Khikkhu

Atman

The supreme self; Universal consciousness; ultimate reality. The divine element in men, degraded into idea of an entity dwelling in the heart of each man

Atman

the life principle soul or individual essence

Brahma

the supreme soul or essence of the universe (immaterial, uncreated, Illimitable, timeless, often described as being intelligence and bliss)

Buddha

The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom in the form of a religious teacher of the Buddhists who has attained enlightenment and been deified; a title, not the name of a person, derived from the root budh, 'to wake'

Buddhism

a way of life, a discipline, not a system of dogmas to be accepted by the intellect; a way to live reality, not ideas concerning reality

Bhraman

a hindu of the highest or sacerdotal caste

Brahmanism

the system of doctrines and institutions of the Brahmans and orthodox hindus

Upanishad

ritual observance and the individual's place in the universe

one of a class of speculative treaties, concerned with the nature of man and the universe, forming a late part of the Vedic literature

Bhagavad-Gita

A philosophical dialog containing a divine revelation from Krishna and constituting the supreme devotional scripture of India

The Eightfold Path

right mindfulness, Right Action, Right Intention, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Concentration, Right Speech, Right understanding

Four Noble Truths

Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga

Dukka

The truth of suffering

Samudaya

The truth of the origin of suffering

Nirodha

The truth of the ending of suffering

Magga

The truth of the path to the ending of suffering (8-fold path)