MeSH definition : The teaching ascribed to Gautama Buddha (ca. 483 B.C.) holding that suffering is inherent
in life and that one can escape it into nirvana by mental and moral self-purification.
(Webster, 3d ed);
Related MeSH term : buddhist ethics; Buddhist Ethic; Ethic, Buddhist; Ethics, Buddhist;
MeSH annotation : IM; specify geog if pertinent;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism;
The teaching ascribed to Gautama Buddha (ca. 483 B.C.) holding that suffering is inherent
in life and that one can escape it into nirvana by mental and moral self-purification.
(Webster, 3d ed)