Eat your heart out, Monier Monier-Williams

  • Nirvanity n. being attached to one’s supposed spiritual attainments
  • Buddhacious adj. being unconventional by dint of one’s insight and the freedom it brings
  • Sangha Claus n. 1. the red bodhisattva of generosity toward children, 2. one who gives generously to the spiritual community
  • Amateur dharmatics n. the act of seeking powerful “spiritual experiences” because of a lack of appreciation for the ordinary
  • Skandhal n. the outrageous belief that a self can be found in the mind or body
  • Bodhisattvacation n. when spiritual aspirants take a week off so that they can help more sentient beings in the long term
  • mahayaya n. the periodic arising, in the most sober of Buddhists, of the desire to be a rock star (as in the phrase, “get your mahayayas out”)

2 Responses to “Eat your heart out, Monier Monier-Williams”

  1. Jayarava says:

    Uxbridge Sanskrit Dictionary!

    Bawdy-sattva n. Buddhist who uses colourful language

    sa?-sara-sara n. what goes around, comes around.

    p?rameter n. a device for measuring perfection

    :-)

  2. Jayarava says:

    whoops, your site doesn’t like Unicode! sa.m-sara-sara; paarameter

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