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 ...

Originating in ancient China (5th century BCE), the Analects are a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the ...

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 1 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box ...

The three jewels or triratna of Buddhism - the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha - are central to the path of nibbana ...

Harshada Pathare. Religion is a very difficult topic For centuries people of various religions were debating the truthiness of their Gods Try to remember from school history lesso ...

Two Teachings, One Truth "Krishna said fight the war even if there are friends in front, Buddha said stop the war even if ...

Did Laozi exist, or does that name merely represent the various authors who are believed to have written the famous Tao Te Ching? Each researcher has their own theory and, as often happens, in the ...

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 ...

In India, major celebrations take place at Bodh ... and peace, just as it did for Siddhartha Gautama over two millennia ago.

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.

At the age of 35, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the “Awakened One ... His philosophy influenced art, culture, and governance, shaping civilizations from India to Japan. The core principles of ...