"The Nirvana Buddha"—so called because the sleeping Buddha is depicted as he was about to enter the transcendent state of Nirvana—"remains one of archaeology's greatest mysteries," says Kazuya ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

PhuMy25.05 Reclining Sleeping Buddha Wat Chayamangkalaram Thai Buddhist Temple & Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple ...

The exposition of the Lord Buddha’s Tooth Relic evoked awe and reverence from Buddhists across the country. Devotees, from ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...

An excerpt from ‘The Master of Unfinished Things,’ by Geet Chaturvedi, translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan.

The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri ...

Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia is in coma since 2005 after a car accident. He is now known as the 'Sleeping Prince'. He turned 36 on April 18, 2025. Doctors advised ending life support ...

At the age of thirty-five, under a papal tree, Sidhartha reached enlightenment and became an "enlightened one"--a Buddha (c. 528 BC). Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni ...