Siddhartha Gautama, best known as the Buddha (the enlightened one), lived some 500 years before Jesus Christ. Born into royalty, the life of the young prince and his subsequent enlightenment set the ...

This festival is also referred to as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti. It is a celebration of the birth, enlightenment (Nirvana), and death (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha, the person who introduced ...

Buddhism teaches that all things are interconnected, impermanent, and governed by cause and effect. Grasping these truths empowers us to let ...