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Buddhism

The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or enlightened," in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the

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Faith 76% connected

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The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Lamaism 76% connected

A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d La…

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Buddhist 74% connected

One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.

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Buddhist 74% connected

One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.

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Buddhistic 74% connected

Same as Buddhist, a.

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Buddhistic 74% connected

Same as Buddhist, a.

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Buddhist 70% connected

One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.

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Institution noun · 85% connection

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Organized religion noun · 85% connection

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Church noun · 84% connection

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

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followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices

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Hebraism noun · 84% connection

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

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Hindooism noun · 84% connection

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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Hinduism noun · 84% connection

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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Judaism noun · 84% connection

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

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the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

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Sect noun · 84% connection

a subdivision of a larger religious group

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Shinto noun · 84% connection

the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan

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Taoism noun · 84% connection

religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

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Abecedarian noun · 83% connection

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

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a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism

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Babism noun · 83% connection

the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was…

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Brahmanism noun · 83% connection

the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

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Brahminism noun · 83% connection

the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

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Agnosticism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necess…

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Animism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

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Arianism noun · 78% connection

heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

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Aryan noun · 78% connection

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hind…

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Babu noun · 78% connection

A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.

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Benthamism noun · 78% connection

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…

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Bo tree unknown · 78% connection

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is…

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Boodh noun · 78% connection

Same as Buddha.

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Bottom verb · 78% connection

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.

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Buddha noun · 78% connection

The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Sidd…

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Christianity noun · 78% connection

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

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Christology noun · 78% connection

a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings

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Commandment noun · 78% connection

a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

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