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Buddhism, a buddha
(Sanskrit: Awakened) is any being who has become fully awakened (enlightened), and has experienced Nirvana. In the Pali Canon and the Theravada tradition, the term 'buddha' usually refers to anyone who has become enlightened (i.e., awakened to the truth, or Dharma) on their own, without a teacher to point out the
Dharma
, in a time when the teachings on the Four Noble Truths or the Eightfold Path do not exist in the world. By comparison, those who awaken due to the teachings given by a Buddha are known as Arahants, a title also applied to Buddhas. Arahants and Buddhas are the same in the most fundamental aspects of Liberation (Nirvana), but differ in their paramis. In the
Mahayana tradition
, the definition of Buddha extends to any being who becomes fully awakened. The Theravada Arhant would be considered a kind of Buddha (although not generally by Mahayana Buddhism itself) in this Mahayana sense, and this usage also occurs once in later (12th century) Theravada literature. Buddhists do not consider Siddhartha Gautama to have been the only Buddha. The Pali Canon refers to many previous ones (see List of the 28 Buddhas), while the Mahayana tradition additionally has many Buddhas of celestial, rather than historical, origin (see Amitabha or Vairocana as examples). A common Buddhist belief across all Buddhism is that the next Buddha will be one named Maitreya (Pali: Metteyya). (from Wikipedia.com)
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(Reuters) - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on his way to New Delhi for a medical check up, arrives at the airport on the outskirts of the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala October 6, 2008. The Dalai Lama will have a medical check this week, a senior aide said on Saturday, calling it a routine follow-up after he was admitted to hospital with abdominal discomfort in August. REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar (INDIA)
(AP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, prepares to shake hands with an unidentified person at the Gaggal Airport in Dharamsala, India, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 as he leaves for New Delhi. The Dalai Lama will undergo a second medical checkup in as many months while he recovers from exhaustion, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Monday.( AP Photo)
(AFP/File) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on September 25. The Dalai Lama is to undergo a medical examination weeks after he was hospitalised with abdominal pains.(AFP/File/Lobsang Wangyal)
(Reuters) - Tibetans pray as their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, delivers teachings and prayers at the Tsunglakhang temple complex in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala October 4, 2008. REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar (INDIA)
(Reuters) - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama leaves after delivering teachings and prayers at the Tsunglakhang temple complex in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala October 4, 2008. REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar (INDIA)
