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Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak, is a significant festival for Buddhists worldwide. Celebrated to mark the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautam Buddha, it falls on the full moon day of the month of Vaishakha (April or May). In 2024 the auspicious day of Buddha Jayanti falls on Thursday, May 23rd. As we approach Buddha Purnima 2024, let's take a look into some fascinating facts about Gautam Buddha that you probably didn't know.

As we celebrate “May the fourth be with you,” we ponder a universe teeming with mystical energy, moral dilemmas, and spiritual undertones. At the heart of

In this article, we will take a look at the 20 most Buddhist countries in Asia.

The 12th General Assembly of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (ABCP) in New Delhi. It is a  a voluntary mass movement of Buddhists in Asia. Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the event. In his address, Dhankar said that Buddha's teachings are not relics of the past, but a compass for our future…

Quotes News: Gautama Buddha, born in Lumbini, Nepal, in the 6th century BCE, was a spiritual teacher who founded Buddhism. Renouncing a life of luxury, he sought e

Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad Yaseen issued the following statement on Bodhi Day:

Buddhists are as diligent about the practice of their faith as any Christian or Muslim. They also are willing to travel to spread their beliefs as missionaries. There is a strong Buddhist community spread across the globe that has organized itself into different schools and monastic traditions. Buddhism sets forth a clear set of values in the Five Precepts, gives greater meaning to life in the goals of the bodhisattva path, and views the world through both the ordinary powers found in a human’...

Going to AA can sometimes feel like the only path to recovery — but it isn't. A reader asks about different ways of thinking about substance use treatment that have developed since AA was founded in 1935.

Note: This article comes from chapter 1 of the book, Sitting in the Shade of Another Tree, which is out now from Quoir Publishing and Patheos. “There is a

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