Buddhism originated in the life, teaching, and personality of a remarkable Indian sage, Siddhartha Gautama, the son of a petty king whose capital was at Kapilavasta in northern India. The life span of ...

Best Gautam Buddha Quotes: The day marks the 2585th birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, celebrated as Buddha Purnima. Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha ...

While a rich body of Buddhist writings exist on how to avoid violence, few examine how to practice Buddhist values and regulate conduct during armed conflict. This new volume, “Buddhism and ...

While today, in India, Buddhism is strongly linked with social activism and anti-caste movements, the reason Buddhism thrived from the Ashokan period in the 3rd century BC to the Pala period in the ...

This Buddhist quote is one of my favorite motivational sayings. Source: Kate Harper Designs A friend gave me a card (pictured) many years ago when I first started writing books. The very first ...