The five ascetics became his first five disciples. The Buddha taught continuously in the remaining 45 years of his life. He travelled around north-east India, teaching in a variety of dialects.

He was born into a privileged family, who were considered a ruling family. Birth - Buddhist teachings say that his mother, Queen Maya, had a dream foretelling of the Buddha’s birth and during ...

Alongside Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is the most significant figure in the history of religion. Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to combine a history of early traditions about ...

The Buddha teaches us enlightenment, peace, to be at one with ourselves and happiness. Here are 13 teachings Buddha enlightened us with that'll accompany us our whole life for good.

Life has a way of sending certain people to teach us lessons that we may not know that we need. They often arrive without ...