Over 2,500 years ago, an Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama achieved spiritual enlightenment and became the Buddha, the founder of the world's fourth-largest religion. When you purchase ...

Siddhartha Gautama, as he was known before becoming ... His breakthrough came when he sat under a Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India, vowing not to rise until he had found the answers he sought.

Sunita Pant Bansal's 'The Illusion of Illusions' offers an empowering look at Yashodara, Buddha's wife. The book explores her resilience and spiritual journey, challenging the historical erasure of ...

Gooneratne’s Sri Siddhartha Gautama, 2013 Sinhalese epic ... Lankan author’s Mansions of the Moon is an epic of 402 pages sweeping across north central India called the Middle Country, including Bihar ...

UNIQUELY INDIA/AGE FOTOSTOCK Ashoka’s embrace ... Holding on to the branch of a sal tree, Maya (right) gives birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who will become the Buddha (left) in this second ...

Buddha Purnima, or Vesak, celebrates Gautama Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death. Originating in ancient India, Siddhartha Gautama renounced royalty to become Buddha. His teachings of Dharma ...

Buddhism began around 2,500 years ago. Its founder was a person known to history as Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, close to what is now ...

Buddha statues in Sarnath, India, where he attained enlightenment. Alexander Reshnya/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

The holiday is traditionally celebrated in most of South and East Asia to commemorate the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama. He founded Buddhism and ... music and sing-alongs focusing on the culture ...