NPR's Scott Simon asks Takashi Miyaji of the Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church in Union City, Calif., about Bodhi Day on December 8. These winter holidays are a time for fellowship, joy and, for ...

The Buddha's Birthday is an important day of celebration for Buddhists around the world. The holiday is traditionally celebrated in most of South and East Asia to commemorate the birth of Prince ...

Buddha Purnima is also known as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti. This is one of the most sacred festivals in the Buddhist calendar. It marks the birth, nirvana and death of Gautama Buddha, who was the founder ...

May Lord Buddha bless us with peace, prosperity and happiness. Happy Buddha Purnima. Buddha Purnima wishes and greetings to you and your family. Let us live by the teachings of Lord Buddha to make the ...

The Buddha was born on the Vaisakh Purnima, over two thousand and five hundred years ago, as the son of King Raja Suddhodana. The astrologer prophesied that the infant, who they named Siddhartha- ...

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to ...

Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti is the most significant festival observed in honour of the birth of Gautama Buddha. Also known as Vesak for falling in the “Baisakh” or the “Vaisakha” month, the big ...

The Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. He pronounced the Four Nobel Truth (Arya Satya) to get rid of sufferings. He got enlightenment on the banks of river Niranjana, modern Lilajan under a ...

The time of Gautama Buddha's birth and death is uncertain. However, most historians date his lifetime between 563-483 B.C. Most people consider Lumbini, Nepal as birthplace of Buddha. Buddha died at ...

BUT now we must go back three centuries in our story to tell of a great teacher who came near to revolutionizing the religious thought and feeling of all Asia. This was Gautama Buddha, who taught his ...