Buddhism began around 2,500 years ago. Its founder was a person known to history as Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, close to what is now the ...

(UNDATED) Twenty-five centuries ago, the Buddha taught with lists. The Four Noble Truths. The Five Precepts. The Eightfold Path. These numbered lists helped his followers memorize and pass along his ...

The time for the offering of Katina cheevara – thick robes for the rainy season to Buddhist priests who observed “Vas” or the rainy season sojourn ends on Il Full Moon Poya day. Hence a series of ...

Seven years of waiting came to an end Sunday after four days of celebration and sacred ceremonies marked the opening of the new Wat Buddharangsi of Miami, South Florida’s second Thai Buddhist temple, ...

The lotus is the most frequently mentioned symbol of Buddhism and was destined to be bound with Buddhism from the very beginning since it is in many of the tales about Sakyamuni, the founder of ...

A wax float is seen during a parade of the candle festival in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, July 17, 2019. The Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival is held to commemorate the Buddha's first sermon and mark ...

The time for the offering of Katina cheevara – thick robes for the rainy season to Buddhist priests who observed “Vas” or the rainy season sojourn ends on Il Full Moon Poya day. Hence a series of ...