This is the first in a series of blog posts ahead of the British Library exhibition on Buddhism. Every full moon day is an auspicious day for Buddhists, but the most important of all is the day of the ...

Love is often thought of as a passionate romance or the warmth of close family ties. But Buddha taught love as a skill and a ...

Looming at over 230 feet tall, the behemoth Leshan Giant Buddha is by far the tallest Buddha statue in the world. It is a stalwart sentinel, overlooking the tempestuous waters where the Dadu, Minjiang ...

Described as eccentric, plump, and constantly carrying a cloth sack, he wandered as a vagabond fortune teller with a mischievous sense of humor. Stories tell of him dropping his bag in silence to ...

(The Conversation) — The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship with his mother remained important for him. (The ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of both ...

It's not easy thinking about the smallest things in nature. You can think: there's a pebble. There's a grain of sand. There's a speck. But when you get below speck-level, to cells and molecules and ...

Buddha Purnima 2023 is celebrated on May 5th to commemorate the 2585th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, also known as Mahatma Buddha. Buddhists celebrate the day by reciting Lord Buddha's teachings ...