Buddha -
"the enlightened one" - an epithet given to Prince Siddhartha of the Shakya
tribe after he attained a state of
boddhi, "Enlightenment", when he
grasped the Sublime Wisdom. The founder of Buddhism, one of the three ancient
Indian religions.
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Meditation -
a state of deepened contemplation, detachment from external objects and some
inner feelings; one of the chief means of attaining religious liberation.
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Lanna -
a state in the Far North of present-day Thailand that existed up to the late
18th century. It flourished from the second half of the 13th century to the
middle of the 16th.
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