buddahood

English

Noun

buddahood (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Buddahood
   • 1992, Mkhas-grub Dge-legs-dpal-bzaṅ-po, Jose Ignacio Cabezon, José Ignacio Cabezón, A Dose of Emptiness, →ISBN:

     [They explain] that if there is no need to say that understanding things in this way is necessary for the attainment of buddahood, how much more so that it be a sine qua non for liberation from samsāra.

   • 2004, Padmasambhava, Light of Wisdom, Volume I, →ISBN, page 74:

     Likewise, since sentient beings possess a buddha nature, the pursuit of buddahood is meaningful.

   • 2014, Robert Beau Michaels, Elysian Fields, →ISBN:

     When I was born she named me Bodhi from the Buddhist idea of the Bodhisattva – a wise and compassionate being who delays his entrance into buddahood for the benefit of enlightenment for all.