How do we know when the Buddha actually lived? Did he actually live, or was it a set of ideas that finally got consolidated ...

Siddhartha was born on the border between India and Nepal. He was born into a privileged family, who were considered a ruling family. Birth - Buddhist teachings say that his mother, Queen Maya ...

Known as a result as Monk Budai, he visited Fenghua in today's Ningbo in Zhejiang province, to spread Buddhism and before he ...

Buddhism is largely based on the teachings and philosophy of one man, the Buddha, and his spiritual journey. But tracing a timeline of events for the historical Buddha can be difficult ...

In 1956, many countries around the world celebrated 2,500 years of the Buddha’s Parinirvana, or his final departure from the world. Sri Lanka and many Southeast Asian countries believe that this ...

From China, images of Cloth Bag as the Laughing Buddha traveled in two directions. They spread first in East Asia to ...

Asserting every nation connects their heritage with identity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted previous ...