The Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama in ancient India. He lived a life of luxury before renouncing it. Seeking the end of suffering, he practiced extreme asceticism. Eventually, he discovered a ...

Those who do not learn lessons from history are condemned to repeat the same.” In today’s battle of narratives, it is ...

Gautam Buddha taught that true peace originates from within, not from external factors like relationships or material ...

At nearly 400 years old, the Snow Mountain statue at Keo Pagoda remains remarkably intact - a silent masterpiece carved from ...

Disclaimer: neither I nor Ruwan Bandujeewa know of a Nandani Warusavithana. If such a person does exist, please note that ...

A Message of Respect Across Religions The Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has once again sent warm greetings to Buddhists around the world on the occasion of Vesakh, one of the most ...

Gautama Buddha, born Siddhartha Gautama, renounced royalty to seek enlightenment. He achieved this under the Bodhi tree, ...

The spiritual teacher famous under the name Osho was born as Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain. Many do not know his real name and ...

History: How an ancient seeker reshaped human consciousness and still guides a restless world.

An ancient religion brought by Chinese immigrant railroad workers and variations of Buddhism bought by Japanese settlers and later from South East Asian refugees has shaped American Buddhism.

Buddhist devotees in Thailand and around the world now have a chance to visit and pray before a masterpiece replica of the Fasting Buddha, considered to be one of the “most profound and powerful ...