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

"I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", declared the Buddha 2500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. It was these four ...

Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. Fairy tales, created in one country, ... I decided to compare The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism to the moral lessons found in fairy tales.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Theravada Buddhism is strongest in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Burma (Myanmar). It is sometimes called Southern Buddhism and is one of the largest subdivisions of Buddhism.

This article examines the Four Noble Truths, four principles which contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. "I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", declared ...