Bhāradvā'ja, p. and skt., name of a Brahman.—[139], [141], [194].
Bhā'vanā, p. and skt., meditation. There are five principal meditations: metta-bhavana, on love; karunā-bhāvanā, on pity; mudita-bhavana, on joy; asubha-bhāvanā, on impurity; and upekhā-bhāvanā, on serenity. [See Rhys Davids's Buddhism, pp. 170-171.]—[174], [175].
Bhi'kkhu, p., bhi'kshu, skt., mendicant, monk, friar; the five bhikkhus, [34], [35], [47], [49], [55], [56], [88], [90], [91], [93], [94], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [101], [102], [103], [108], [120], [170], [171], [172], [177], [183], [209], [234]; bhikkhus doffed their robes, [95]; bhikkhus rebuked, [109]; bhikkhus prospered, [221]; the sick bhikkhu, [213].
Bhi'kkhunī, p., bhi'kshunī, skt., nun.—[93], [95], [96].
Bimbisā'ra, p. and skt., the king of Magadha; often honored with the cognomen "Sai'nya," skt., or "Se'niya," i.e. "the warlike or military."—[25], [26], [65], [69], [90], [98], [110], [111], [219].
Bo'dhi, p. and skt., knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment.—[151].
Bodhi-a'nga or Bojjha'nga, or Sa'tta Bojjha'nga, meditation on the seven kinds of wisdom, which are:—energy, recollection, contemplation, investigation of scripture, joy, repose, and serenity.—[97].
Bodhisa'tta, p., Bodhisa'ttva, skt., he whose essence (sattva) is becoming enlightenment (bodhi). The term denotes (1) one who is about to become a Buddha, but has not as yet attained Nirvāna; (2) a class of saints who have only once more to be born again to enter into Nirvāna; (3) in later Buddhism any preacher or religious teacher.—[9], [21], [25], [86], [118], [192], [194], [214]-[216]; appearance of, [25]; Bodhisattas, [130].
Bodhi-tree, the tree at Buddha-Gaya, species ficus religiosa.—[36].
Bra'hmā, Anglicised form of skt. stem-form Brahman (nom. s. Brahmā). The chief God of Brahmanism, the world-soul. See also Sahampati.—[43], [44], [45], [87], [141]; Brahmā, a union with, [139]; Brahmā, face to face, [140]; Brahmā's mind, [141].