You’ve probably heard someone sigh and say, “Well, life is suffering”. The phrase floats through conversations and ...

The Buddha’s dates are uncertain and range from 624 BCE (earliest birth) to 368 BCE (latest death). Whatever his dates, he began as a wandering ascetic and lived for some 80 years. His movement, ...

Next, I will discuss Buddhist philosophy and the Buddhist solution to suffering. But before I do, I wanted to relate Buddha's life—which, if nothing else, is a marvelous story. The Buddha’s dates are ...

New research puts death of the Buddha about 100 years earlier than previous estimates Scholars had not agreed upon even which century Buddha was born Some scholars still skeptical of the new findings ...

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Mother’s Day offers an ...

Sacred relics of Lord Buddha were returned to India after a 17-day exposition in Bhutan. This event highlighted the cultural ...

“Artists must take responsibility in extracting the positive aspects of technology. If people think negatively, then people act negatively. I have to think and act positively.” Tatsuo Miyajima, ...

In Jayan Nambiar’s debut directorial Vilayath Buddha, one gets a couple of compelling characters caught in not so common ...