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. ...

This timeless quote from Gautama Buddha reminds us of the power and potential each new day holds. It encourages us to look forward with optimism and to seize the opportunities presented by the present ...

The existence of humanity was challenged and its peace was disturbed. Lord Gautama Buddha induced human-beings to know his reality. He did not permit concealment of innumerable evils that emerge from ...

BUT now we must go back three centuries in our story to tell of a great teacher who came near to revolutionizing the religious thought and feeling of all Asia. This was Gautama Buddha, who taught his ...

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 traditional Buddha – which actually is 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, according to ...

Buddha Purnima 2025: Buddha Purnima, also known as Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Day, is one of the most significant festivals in the Buddhist calendar, celebrated with reverence across South, Southeast, ...

Buddhists across Asia are preparing to celebrate the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as Gautama Buddha and was the founder of Buddhism. The Buddha is believed to have ...

(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, ...

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 ...