non-Buddhist
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a word derived from
Buddhism.
Buddhismnouna religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Myanmar (Burma), Japan, Tibet, and parts of Southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.
Example Sentences
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The Indian, non-Buddhist art of the time, with its cults of nature and worship of the elements, was in many ways antithetical to the Buddhist spirit.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
The State Department’s ambassador on religious freedom this week said there had been a doubling down on the persecution of Burma’s non-Buddhist citizens.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2018
The Dalai Lama tends to speak in simple, even simple-minded, terms when he addresses non-Buddhist audiences in English.
From Newsweek
The egregious corruption of his regime angered Burma's small middle class, and when he established Buddhism as the state religion, the non-Buddhist 15% of the population was understandably outraged.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Fourthly, Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist religions regard, without exception, their founders as superhuman beings, but the practisers of Zen hold the Buddha as their predecessor, whose spiritual level they confidently aim to attain.
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya