Asalha Puja, known also as Dharma Day, commemorates the first sermon by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha (“enlightened one ...

Buddhist teaching begins with the first talk given by Gautama Shakyamuni, the spiritual leader who lived in India about 500 B.C.E., to five friends who had separated from him when ...

Buddhism, founded by Gautama Buddha in the 6th century BCE, is one of the major world religions that focuses on the path to Nirvana (Enlightenment) through ethical living, meditation, and wisdom.

The Three Jewels include: Respecting the Buddha’s way (Buddha), learning from the Buddha’s teachings (Dharma), and having a like-minded community ... The three universal truths ...