Buddhahood

[ boo-duh-hood, boo-duh- ]

noun

1. the attainment of enlightenment as a Buddha.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Buddhahood¹

First recorded in 1830–40; Buddha + -hood

Example Sentences

Practicing these qualities on the streets and freeways of Los Angeles is the fast way to Buddhahood, even if it is the slow way to get anywhere else.

From Salon

Centuries after Alexander the Great’s attempts to push his empire east, this style remained in currency, informing depictions of bodhisattvas — those who aspire to Buddhahood and seek to bring this enlightenment to others.

From Washington Post

This leads on to the end that In whatsoever time all human minds accord in thought and will with the mind of the Teacher, there shall not remain even one particle of dust that does not enter into Buddhahood.

From Project Gutenberg

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

From Project Gutenberg

That mendicant does right who does not think: 'People should salute me'; who, though despised by the world, yet cherishes no ill-will towards it.8 "That mendicant does right to whom omens, meteors, dreams, and signs are things abolished; he is free from all their evils.9 "Amitābha, the unbounded light, is the source of wisdom, of virtue, of Buddhahood.

From Project Gutenberg