Gautama Buddha's Awakening To Karuna - Huston Smith evocatively dramatizes the moment of the Buddha's awakening from his deep meditative state under the Bodhi tree. Gautama is asked whether he is ...

There is a way to read what these sculptures are saying, Durham explained. Here, the clue that the sculpture shows the moment of Buddha’s awakening is the gesture he is making with his right hand.

Placing a Buddha idol indoors, rooted in Buddhist philosophy and Vastu Shastra principles, fosters mindfulness and spiritual ...

Enlightenment has been described as both an awakening and a kind of cessation. ... A spellbinding Met exhibition reveals how Indian artists transformed the Buddha’s absence into presence.

Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvana What makes Buddha Purnima unique among global religious observances is that it marks ...

Bodhi Day on Dec. 8 is recognized as the day Buddha attained the enlightenment that led to the founding of the religion in India in the fifth century B.C.E.