Images of Buddha’s enlightenment often portray him sitting alone under the bodhi tree, his body emaciated from fasting. Some depictions show the Buddha’s right hand pointing down, asking the earth ...

One thesis in my recently published book, What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? (Oxford University Press, 2016), is that “enlightenment” in our time will become more communal, collective, and ...

Bodhi Day is a Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening or enlightenment and became the Buddha 2,600 years ago. Bodhi Day is typically celebrated in the ...

Today, we’re welcoming Indianapolis type 1 D-peep Jason Meno, who is a #WeAreNotWaiting volunteer and has quite a story to share. He spent time living at a Buddhist retreat for work (and to find ...

We are now in the summer months, a time when we feel the desert heat more than any other time of the year. In many ways, warmth is something that a lot of people like to feel. For instance, it warms ...

BENGALURU : I have been drawn to Buddhism because of its universality – everyone can relate to it and everyone can practise it. I don’t consider myself a Buddhist by any means and my knowledge of ...

December 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

Robert A.F. Thurman wanted to clear up one thing for the audience that recently packed the auditorium at the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth. Before he began his discussion of the work in the museum’s ...

(The Conversation) — The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation of domestic life. (The ...