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Christ and Buddha by Paul Ranson, 1880. The Christian saint Josaphat is based on the Buddha. The name comes from the Sanskrit Bodhisattva via Arabic Būdhasaf and Georgian Iodasaph. [444] The only story in which St. Josaphat appears, Barlaam and Josaphat, is based on the life of the Buddha. [445]
Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is also venerated as a manifestation of God in Hinduism and the Baháʼí Faith. [1] Some Hindu texts regard Buddha as an avatar of the god Vishnu, who came to Earth to delude beings away from the Vedic religion. [2] Some Non-denominational and Quranist Muslims believe he was a prophet.
The fourth Buddha, Dīpankara, is especially important, as he was the Buddha who gave niyatha vivarana (prediction of future Buddhahood) to the Brahmin youth who would in the distant future become the bodhisattva Gautama Buddha. [95] After Dīpankara, 25 more noble people (ariya-puggala) would attain enlightenment before Gautama, the historical ...
Shakyamuni Buddha, Indian spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Gautama Buddha. one who has become enlightened (i.e., awakened to the truth, or Dharma) Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures. A statue or image of any Buddha. buddha – the term 'buddha' in the lower case refers not to Gautama Buddha but to:
They further argue that epithets for the Buddha like Sugata Buddha and Adi Buddha refer to the Vishnu avatar, not to Gautama Buddha, based on Amarakosha and other Buddhist texts. [43] [44] Contrary to Bhagavata Purana, R.S. Bhattacharya notes that the Kalki Purāņa (2.7.44) refers to Māyādevī as the mother of the Buddha. [45]
The Buddha also preached the dharma to him and Kaludayi was later ordained as a monk. After this request from his father Gautama Buddha returned to his father's kingdom where he preached dharma to him. Gautama later returned again to his father's kingdom to see his father's death. Suddhodana became an arahant. [1]
According to Buddhism, Maitreya is regarded as the future buddha. In Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha.
In Buddhism the term "Muni" is used as a title of Gautama Buddha — who, being born among the tribe of the Śākyas, is called Śākyamuni (sage of the Shakyas). [2] Various other titles like Munīndra (Sanskrit; Pali: Muninda; meaning "lord of Munis"), Munivar (Greatest among Munis), Munirāja (King of Munis), Munīśvara (Sanskrit; Pali: Munissaro; meaning "god of Munis"), Mahāmuni (The ...