Often, we look for peace in external things—whether it's through possessions, relationships, or achievements. The truth is, lasting peace can only be found within yourself. It’s about cultivating a ...

Of all the biographers enlisted to write for the successful and acclaimed Penguin Lives series, none could have faced a harder job than Karen Armstrong. It’s not just that Siddhartha Gautama — known ...

New research puts death of the Buddha about 100 years earlier than previous estimates Scholars had not agreed upon even which century Buddha was born Some scholars still skeptical of the new findings ...

Buddha Purnima 2023 is celebrated on May 5th to commemorate the 2585th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, also known as Mahatma Buddha. Buddhists celebrate the day by reciting Lord Buddha's teachings ...

It's not easy thinking about the smallest things in nature. You can think: there's a pebble. There's a grain of sand. There's a speck. But when you get below speck-level, to cells and molecules and ...

Inspired by Gautam Buddha's teachings, one can practice incorporating meditation and mindfulness into their daily life. This would help them stay calm amidst the stress and chaos of day-to-day life.

Because weird phone customization can no longer be kept within the pithy confines of the screen, we give you the Nokia Buddha Phone. But don’t be fooled, kind stranger – that is most assuredly not ...

For many years, the little traffic island at Jasmine Avenue and National Boulevard in Palms was a local dumping site. “It was just the spot where everyone dumped their couches, beds, washers and ...

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Mother’s Day offers an ...

You may think you know the Buddha, because you have seen him standing outside a Chinese restaurant, belly burnished from being rubbed repeatedly for good luck, or hiding in the corner of a garden. But ...

His image is so commonplace that you could believe it must always have existed — yet for six centuries after his death, he was never once depicted in human form. By Aatish Taseer WE FLEW THROUGH the ...