The full moon day in May holds profound significance in Buddhism. It commemorates three pivotal events in the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama: his birth, enlightenment, and passing, all of which ...

Compassion and a desire to relieve suffering are central tenets of Buddhism. Yet, as with the world's other religions, the behavior of Buddhism's nearly 500 million adherents often run in opposition ...

In the 60s and 70s, disillusioned young people were unhappy about the state of the world. Many of them embarked on worldwide searches for answers. Some of these seekers journeyed to Asia, where they ...

Buddha had many things to teach us. Here is one of his most important and famous teachings. Buddha said that there are two ...

Evans is a writer and recent graduate from San Diego State University who is working as an executive assistant at the Dharma Bum Temple in University Heights, and lives in the College Area. The ...

In about two months it will be one of the great religious festivals for our Buddhist friends, so plan now to buy them an appropriate card or gift. On the eighth day of the 12th month of the lunar year ...

From the ninth century CE, two esoteric schools (Shingon and Tendai) took on a dominant role in Japanese Buddhism and laid down the foundations for almost all subsequent developments in the centuries ...

The International Buddhist Confederation celebrated the declaration of Pali as a classical language by the Centre, on the occasion of the 'Abhidhamma Divas'. The event in collaboration with the ...