Buddha has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A man once said to the Buddha, "I want to be happy!" Buddha said, "First remove 'I', that's ego, then remove 'want', that's desire. See, now you are left with only happiness!" | |
| 2. | A man once said to the Buddha, "I want to be extremely happy!" Buddha said, "first remove "I", that’s ego, then remove "want", that’s desire, then remove "extremely", that's immodest. See, now you are left with only happiness!" | |
| 3. | One day a man came to the Buddha and said: "May I be so bold as to suggest that what you are teaching us is actually not to be found in the scriptures?" "Then put it in there," the Buddha said. | |
| 4. | Now there is neither God nor Buddha. | |
| 5. | The sculptor carved wood into an image of Buddha. | |
| 6. | Buddha, impressed by the rabbit's efforts, raised him unto the moon and set him in that form forever more. | |
| 7. | The old man who'd fallen was really Buddha. | |
| 8. | Praise be to Buddha. | |
| 9. | Does a dog have a Buddha-nature or not ? | |
| 10. | Statues of Buddha are notable works of Japanese art. |