Deep within India, Prince Siddhartha has cast away all his belongings, power, and family. Seeking the answers to the woes of mankind. Here he sits under the bodhi tree in deep meditation, on the ...

The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C.

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Mother’s Day ...

Biographies of the Buddha describe how young Prince Siddhartha became disillusioned with the fleeting luxuries of palace life. He eventually left home to find a cure for the inevitable suffering ...

Siddhartha’s search and rigorous discipline culminated in the transformation of the young prince to the Buddha, the awakened one, and beginning of Buddhism. Buddhism enumerates three types of ...

An account of how Prince Siddhartha left the comfort and safety of his father’s palace and saw ‘Four Sights’ that were to change his life.

Indian Embassy in Nepal on Friday organised a grand yoga demonstration at Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, on the eve ...

An account of how Prince Siddhartha left the comfort and safety of his father’s palace and saw ‘Four Sights’ that were to change his life.

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons ...

Siddhartha’s aunt Mahaprajapati became his foster mother after Maya died. She cared for the young Siddhartha and breastfed him , having just given birth to her own biological son, Nanda.