The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C.

When Neil Armstrong took the first step on the moon, it was a giant step for mankind in modern science and technology. As far as spirituality is concerned, that step was made by Siddharth Gautam. The ...

Buddha Purnima, or Buddha Jayanti or Vesak, is an annual celebration observed on the first full moon of the Hindu calendar month Vaishakha. This significant day commemorates the birth of Lord Gautam ...

Let’s be honest. We’re all chasing something. A new phone, a better body, a raise, a little more love, a little more ...

MIMS — It seems unlikely that this rural city of 7,000 would be full of surprises. But it is. Here you’ll find the Vietnamese White Sands Buddhist Center, and the three largest Buddha statues in ...

The holy relics of the Buddha are considered sacred and serve as tangible connections to his inheritance. When these relics are taken abroad from India to a Buddhist country, it is indeed a ...

This image provided by the research team led by Kyoto University shows a smartphone screen in which a Buddha image answers users' questions based on Buddhist sutras. KYOTO -- A team of researchers in ...

A newly discovered marble statue of the Buddha at a temple in Berenike on the red sea shows a connection between Egypt and India during the Roman Empire. The American-Polish archaeological mission ...

A statue of Buddha has been discovered in Egypt’s ancient seaport of Berenice on the Red Sea, shedding light on trade ties with India under the Roman empire. A Polish-US mission discovered the statue ...

Below a statue of a reclining Buddha, an ancient treasure was found. Thailand Department of Fine Arts More than 1,000 years ago, below the statue of the reclining Buddha in an ancient temple, someone ...