Digha Nikaya 31 (Sigalovada Sutta) Buddhist wedding ceremonies vary widely across traditions and countries. They usually take place separately from the legal marriage ceremony. Here is one example ...

The often-quoted discourse of the Buddha, the Kalama Sutta has been described as “the Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry,” and though the discourse certainly does counter the decrees of dogmatism and ...

Theravada Buddhism is strongest in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Burma (Myanmar). It is sometimes called Southern Buddhism and is one of the largest subdivisions of Buddhism. Theravada ...

The Pali Canon, which records what are believed to be the Buddha’s words, is divided into three parts, called the Tipitaka, or the Three Baskets: (1) the Sutta Pitaka, collections of stories and ...

After realizing the truth they entertained Him. To them the Buddha delivered the first discourse, Dhamma Chakka Pavattana Sutta (the wheel of righteousness) at Deer Park, Isipatana in Varanasi ...

The king bestowed upon his subjects a hand-drawn illustration depicting Buddha's first sermon, the "Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta". The event, as per the National News Bureau (NNB) of Thailand ...

Buddhist monks from 37 countries joined a procession in India. Thousands of worshippers gathered to celebrate the 19th International Tipitaka Sutta Recitation Festival in Bodh Gaya, Bihar ...