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Definition of: Buddhism
(bd′iz·əm, b′diz-) noun
A mystical and ascetic religious faith of eastern Asia, founded in northern India by Buddha in the sixth century B.C., teaching that Nirvana, which is the conquest of self and subsequent freedom from sorrow and mortality, is reached by the Eightfold Path of right belief, right resolution, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right thinking, and peace of mind through meditation.
— Bud′·dhist adjective & noun
— Bud·dhis′tic or ·ti·cal adjective
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