Bodhi Day is marked in Buddhist homes by mediation and by decorating a small fig tree with coloured beads and lights. Families enjoy Jataka tales too: stories once told by the Buddha about his ...

Throughout history, certain trees have stood well beyond their botanical existence as emblems of profound human experience and milestones. From the very tree where an apple once inspired Isaac ...

Bodhi Day, primarily a Mahayana Buddhist holiday, celebrates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautam (Shakyamuni Buddha) while sitting under the Bodhi tree. His realizations on the root of suffering ...

He meditated under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya ... from a prince to the Buddha, the 'awakened one’. In honour of this pivotal event, Bodhi Day serves as a reminder to Buddhists of the ...

The Rev. Koshi Yagi will be the keynote speaker during the annual Bodhi Day Service at 9 a.m., Sunday at the Kapa‘a Hongwanji Mission. The public is invited to this auspicious service ...

In Buddhism, Bodhi Day celebrates the day that the Buddha reached enlightenment under a peepal tree, after years of extreme ascetic practices. “Bodhi” means “to awaken”. The holiday is ...

Bihar's tableau at the Republic Day parade highlighted the cultural heritage of the region. It featured the Bodhi Tree and ...

The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya is decorated on this day and devotees perform special prayers under the bodhi tree under which the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. In India and ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Sign up Jazz artist Irving Flores. (File photo courtesy of the artist) Bodhi Tree Concerts is now entering ...