Sarnath is a city located 13 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India It was also the site of the Buddha's ...

(UNDATED) The traditional Buddha _ which is actually a word meaning “The Enlightened One” rather than the name of a person _ lived about 2,500 years ago on what is now the Indian-Nepalese border, ...

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to ...

In the time of Gautama Buddha, there was a blind scholar in a village. He was very learned but would often get into arguments ...

Huston Smith evocatively dramatizes the moment of the Buddha's awakening from his deep meditative state under the Bodhi tree. Gautama is asked whether he is a god incarnate, an angel or a great sage. ...

The Buddha's Birthday is an important day of celebration for Buddhists around the world. The holiday is traditionally celebrated in most of South and East Asia to commemorate the birth of Prince ...

Wisdom acquired through countess eons of indulgence in the ten perfections (parami) endowed the Supremely Enlightened Being with the extraordinary faculty of identifying with absolute precision the ...

The Buddha was born on the Vaisakh Purnima, over two thousand and five hundred years ago, as the son of King Raja Suddhodana. The astrologer prophesied that the infant, who they named Siddhartha- ...

May Lord Buddha bless us with peace, prosperity and happiness. Happy Buddha Purnima. Buddha Purnima wishes and greetings to you and your family. Let us live by the teachings of Lord Buddha to make the ...

Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti is the most significant festival observed in honour of the birth of Gautama Buddha. Also known as Vesak for falling in the “Baisakh” or the “Vaisakha” month, the big ...