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  • noun Plural form of Buddhist.

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Examples

  • Bodhisattva is a term Buddhists use to describe someone who is on the path to enlightenment but postpones the ultimate goal for the sake of helping others arrive there first.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com C. Clinton Sidle 2011

  • Bodhisattva is a term Buddhists use to describe someone who is on the path to enlightenment but postpones the ultimate goal for the sake of helping others arrive there first.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com C. Clinton Sidle 2011

  • Another group of Buddhists is planning to sue the government for granting the bar an operating licence, and is not deterred by the high-profile owners of the franchise, a spokesman said.

    Buddhist group protests, symbolically seals Buddha Bar in Indonesia 2009

  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachingson Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Paths (lamtso namsum) at the request of Buddhists from the Russian Republics of Buryat, Kalmykia and Tuva as well as Mongolians from Mongolia.

    Webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Teachings - 2007 2007

  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachingson Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Paths (lamtso namsum) at the request of Buddhists from the Russian Republics of Buryat, Kalmykia and Tuva as well as Mongolians from Mongolia.

    Webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Teachings - 2007 2007

  • He added that some of his students don't identify as Buddhists, "which is absolutely fine with me".

    The mindful enlightenment Ed Halliwell 2010

  • Plus, calling Buddhists theists is a little problematic, it depends on the Buddhists, the same is true of Unitarian/Universalists to a degree.

    Smithsonian's Human Origins Initiative - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • I can't for the life of me imagine that either the Hindus or the Buddhists are the least bit impressed by this complete ignorance, even hatred, of one's own religious tradition and the maniacal desire to adapt everything to suit the Other.

    More inculturation and liturgical "updating", courtesy of the Asian bishops 2009

  • I don't say that to diminish their Buddhist credentials Buddhism is what people who identify as Buddhists say it is, not some essentialized abstract phenomenon outside of particular communities, but to point out that these groups tend to draw heavily and foundationally on American liberal values and seek ways to express them via Buddhism.

    Philocrites: Two cheers for conservative liberals. 2006

  • This applies not only to televangelists, but also to some so-called Buddhists that I've met, who seem more interested in rebelling against their Judeo-Christian upbringing than in really embracing Buddhism.

    Buddhism, Christianity, sickness and medicine Mumon 2005

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