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 ...

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 ...

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.

Gooneratne’s Sri Siddhartha Gautama, 2013 Sinhalese epic, is on life of Siddhartha until he attains enlightenment ... Canadian Sri Lankan author’s Mansions of the Moon is an epic of 402 pages sweeping ...

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 ...

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 ...

Embrace spiritual teachings of Saptharshis like Bhrigu and Atri, guided by Vasishta and Gautama's wisdom ... as one of the great seers of ancient India. Atri’s contributions to Vedic literature ...

The novel by Hermann Hesse is set in 6th-century Kapilavastu (now in Nepal), the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama — better known as the Buddha ... Hesse's story about the Brahmin boy looking for ...

Bodhgaya in Bihar is where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, becoming the Buddha. It is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage sites and hosts elaborate celebrations ...

Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. Buddhists throughout the world celebrate Bodhi Day, but they do ...