In the Christian-majority Houston metro, Buddhists only make up about 2 percent of the population, according to data from the ...

An excerpt from ‘The Questions of Milinda’, translated from the Pali by Maria Heim, part of the Murty Classics Library series ...

On Buddha’s birthday, many temples provide free meals and tea to all visitors. Festivities in temple yards and parks include traditional games and various performing arts displays.

The new book tells the story of the courage and silent resilience of the woman remembered only as ‘the wife Siddhartha left ...

THE birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Wesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century BC.

Buddha's birth and life Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, which is at the border of what is India and Nepal today. His mother, Maya, was the wife of Suddhodana, king of the Shakya clan.

Over 2,500 years ago, an Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama achieved spiritual enlightenment and became the Buddha, the founder of the world's fourth-largest religion.

He became the Buddha, the awakened one, urged self-transformation and profoundly shaped the world we live in. But did his many insights come from thinking, as such, or something else altogether?