Flanking the Mahabodhi Temple is the Bodhi Tree, considered to be a direct descendant of the tree under which the Buddha sat in meditation. Today, it stands as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

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 ..

Summary: Bodhi Day marks the moment 2,500 years ago at which Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment, becoming the Buddha ... tree just like this one, promising himself he would not stop ...

Siddharta had many questions about life…and legend has it that he sat in the shade of a bodhi tree for ... practise the Buddha’s teachings.Right concentration – learning meditation, andRight ...

In most Asian cultures and the diaspora, Buddhists go to their local temples and participate in chanting, meditation ... special prayers under the bodhi tree under which the Buddha is believed ...