Buddhism

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Dharmic religion philosophical tradition religion

Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Buddhism canonical 3,431
Buddhists 9
Buddhism (historical) 3

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dharmic religion ⓘ
philosophical tradition ⓘ
religion ⓘ
centralFigure Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
coreGoal enlightenment ⓘ
nirvana ⓘ
coreTeaching Four Noble Truths ⓘ
Middle Way ⓘ
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path
ethicalPrecepts Five Precepts ⓘ
founder Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
hasHoliday Asalha Puja ⓘ
Vesak ⓘ
surface form: Buddha's Birthday

Magha Puja ⓘ
Vesak ⓘ
hasMonasticOrder Sangha ⓘ
hasSymbol Bodhi tree ⓘ
Dharma Chakra ⓘ
surface form: Dharma wheel

lotus flower ⓘ
influenced East Asian culture ⓘ
Southeast Asian culture ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
keyConcept dependent origination ⓘ
dukkha ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
karma ⓘ
non-self ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTexts Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
majorBranch Mahayana ⓘ
Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Tibetan Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
Chan Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
meditativePractice metta meditation ⓘ
mindfulness ⓘ
samatha ⓘ
vipassana ⓘ
originatedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

ancient India ⓘ
originatedWhen 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
populationRank one of the largest religions in the world ⓘ
practicedIn Cambodia ⓘ
China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea

Laos ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
rejects eternalism ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
permanent self ⓘ
scripture Mahayana sutras ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

Tibetan Kangyur ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
teaches Middle Way ⓘ
compassion ⓘ
loving-kindness ⓘ
non-attachment ⓘ
venerates Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha

bodhisattvas ⓘ

Referenced by (3,458)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → majorReligions → Buddhism ⓘ
Dutch East Indies → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
India → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Steve Jobs → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Asia → containsMajorReligionOrigin → Buddhism ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) → associatedWithReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Priscilla Chan → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Karen Armstrong → writesAbout → Buddhism ⓘ
Indonesia → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Tocharian languages → religiousContext → Buddhism ⓘ
Singapore → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
East Asia → hasReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands → hasReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
South Korea → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Viet Nam → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Vietnam
Malay peoples → traditionalReligionBeforeIslam → Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto → coexistsWith → Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhism in Japan
Bengal → historicalReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Assam → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Sind → religionHistoricallyPracticed → Buddhism ⓘ
Thailand → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Thailand → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Lotus → hasReligiousSignificanceIn → Buddhism ⓘ
China → dominantReligionOrBelief → Buddhism ⓘ
Dominion of Ceylon → religionMajority → Buddhism ⓘ
South Asia → hasMajorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Devanagari script → associatedReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Hanoi → primaryReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Sundanese → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Saigon → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Min Ko Naing → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Asian American → hasMajorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Southeast Asia → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Oceania → hasMajorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
House of Yamato → religiousAffiliationTraditional → Buddhism ⓘ
Malaysia → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → religionMajority → Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Guiyuan Temple → associatedWith → Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Buddhism
Germans → minorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
northern India → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
northern India → historicalReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Beat Generation → hasMainSubject → Buddhism ⓘ
Laos → majorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Matsubara → hasPrimaryReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Trincomalee → hasMajorReligion → Buddhism ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon → preExistingReligions → Buddhism ⓘ
Majapahit Empire → religion → Buddhism ⓘ
Majapahit Empire → stateReligionForm → Buddhism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddhism (Mahayana)