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Usually Buddha (or "the Enlightened One") refers to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. He is usually referred to simply as "the Buddha", but also known as Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama).

In Buddhism

• Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit; Pali: Gotama Buddha).
• a Buddha, anyone who has become fully awakened (enlightened), and has experienced Nirvana, such as:
  • Amitabha, a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism
  • The 28 buddhas of the Pali Canon
• In a broad sense, it refers to two or three types of Buddha:
  • Samyaksambuddha, "a Buddha" as described above
  • Pratyekabuddha, one who achieved enlightenment on his own, without teachers or guides
  • Śrāvakabuddha (a rare term), an enlightened 'disciple of a Buddha'
• a statue of Gautama Buddha or of another buddha.

In Hinduism

• Buddha from the Hindu perspective

In other religions

• Buddha (other religions)

In the arts

• Laughing Buddha, the common English reference to Budai, an interpretation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya
• Buddha (album) by blink-182
• Buddha (manga), by Osamu Tezuka
• Buddah Records, a record label (note spelling, though since 1998 spelled "Buddha")

In films

• Buddha (1961 film), a Japanese film
• Buddha (2007 film), an Indian film on the life of the Buddha
• Buddha (2008 film), a film to be based on the book Old Path White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Little Buddha, film

Other

• Buddha Air, a Nepalese airline
• Buddha, slang for a type of marijuana
• Buddah Records, now spelled as Buddha Records for spelling correction on "buddha"

External links

• Buddha's Teaching Access to Insight
• What the Buddha Taught Insight Inside

• Disambiguation pages