It is now spring and April is the month of rebirth. When the Prince was born, he took seven steps in each direction proclaiming, “I shall be the holy one of Heaven and Earth, and put an end to the ...

An admission that he once led “a fairly degenerate lifestyle” might be surprising and hopeful from a man who believes he is destined to become a Buddha -- an enlightened one who lives in perfect peace ...

Many people in the West interpret Buddhism as a path of meditation leading to enlightenment. What many may not know is that this interpretation differs vastly from its practice in East Asia. I have ...

A global conference on Buddhist philosophy titled "Future Life: Re-examining Rebirth" was held at Post Graduate Institute of Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, bringing together international ...

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what ...

More than two thousand years ago, in a village in North India, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under what became known as the Bodhi tree. This multilayered historical ethnography ...

While the rest of the world goes on its way with the usual secular and religious holy days of November — Veterans Day, All Saints, All Souls, the Day of the Dead and Thanksgiving — our friends in the ...