"Buddhism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D002016
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.844.117
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| Concept/Terms |
Buddhist Ethics- Buddhist Ethics
- Buddhist Ethic
- Ethic, Buddhist
- Ethics, Buddhist
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