The Buddha
- Tathāgata — meaning "Thus Come One" and "Thus Gone One" simultaneously, the epithet the Buddha uses most often to refer to himself; occasionally it is used as a general designation for a person who has reached the highest attainment
- Buddha's Birthday
- The Four Sights — observations that affected Prince Siddhartha deeply and made him realize the sufferings of all beings, and compelled him to begin his spiritual journey
- An old man
- A sick man
- A dead man
- An ascetic
- Qualities of the Buddha
- Abandonment of all defilements (kilesa — principally greed, hatred and delusion) together with their residual impressions (vasana)
- All defilements have been abandoned totally — all defilements have been destroyed with none remaining
- All defilements have been abandoned completely — each defilement has been destroyed at the root, without residue
- All defilements have been abandoned finally — no defilement can ever arise again in the future
- Acquisition of all virtues
- Great Wisdom (Mahapaññā)
- Extensiveness of range — understanding the totality of existent phenomena
- Profundity of view — understanding the precise mode of existence of each phenomenon
- Great Compassion (Maha-karuṇā)
- Great Wisdom (Mahapaññā)
- Abandonment of all defilements (kilesa — principally greed, hatred and delusion) together with their residual impressions (vasana)
- Physical characteristics of the Buddha
- Buddha footprint
- Buddha statue (Buddharupa)
- Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand
- Depictions of Gautama Buddha in film
- Miracles of Gautama Buddha
- List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed
- Colours of Buddha's aura (prabashvara)
- Sapphire blue (nila)
- Golden yellow (pita)
- Crimson (lohita)
- White (odata)
- Scarlet (manjesta)
- Family of Gautama Buddha
- Śuddhodana (father)
- Māyā (mother)
- Yasodharā (wife)
- Rāhula (son)
- Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (foster mother)
- Nanda (half-brother)
- Ānanda (cousin)
- Anuruddha (cousin)
- Devadatta (cousin)
- Teachers of the Bodhisatta Gotama
- Āḷāra Kālāma — taught Gautama the dimension of nothingness
- Uddaka Rāmaputta — taught Gautama the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception
- Gautama Buddha in world religions
- Gautama Buddha in Hinduism
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