Siddhartha Gautama, best known as the Buddha (the enlightened one), lived some 500 years before Jesus Christ. Born into ...

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 ...

Gautama Buddha informed Ven. Ananda Thero that there was no purpose in their meeting him and instead instructed Ananda Thero to direct them to the charnel ground.

Buddha was born sometime between the 6th and 5th century BC to King Suddhodana and Queen Maya, sovereigns of Kapilavastu. His birth name was Siddhartha, which means, “He whose aim is completed.” ...

Alexander was the first European to invade India 2300 years ago. He crossed the famous Khyber Pass. To the west of the ...

Sarnath-where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma - Sarnath is a city located 13 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India ...

Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti, a sacred Buddhist festival, will be observed on May 15, 2025. This day commemorates Gautama Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death, all ...