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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.

On the first night of our pilgrimage, my fellow pilgrims and I sat around a big table in a dining room at the Lotus Gems Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A landmark new exhibition in South Korea revisits ancient East Asian Buddhist art from Korea, China and Japan through the lens of gender, highlighting the influence women have had throughout history.

Buddhism, like many religions, has had a complex relationship with women.

Love Island's Maya Jama looked incredible as she danced in a sunshine yellow bikini from Neena Swim to mark her 29th birthday with friends in Ibiza

"Buddha, Sage of the Shakya Clan: Masterworks from the Mr. And Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection" captures the mythology of the Siddhartha Gautama’s life and the "Eight Great Events" that transformed it.

a href= http://AsiaSociety.org/NY target= _blank Asia Society Museum /a presents a selection of 15 masterworks from the Asia Society’s renown

Juneteenth — celebrated on June 19 as a federal holiday in the USA since 2021 — commemorates the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas were finally emancipated, some two years after President Abrah...

By Ven. Dr. Ethkandawaka Saddhajeewa (Vice President Bhavana Society) Prince Siddhartha, son of King Suddhodana and Queen Maya, had a wonderful childhood. He excelled at schooling and finished all his studies at age 16. Prince Siddhartha married Yasodara (Badda Kachchayana) and at that time, King Suddhodana decided to step aside and assign his son as […]

And Jake, the school’s ‘Royal canine in residence’ dressed up for the occasion