New research puts death of the Buddha about 100 years earlier than previous estimates Scholars had not agreed upon even which century Buddha was born Some scholars still skeptical of the new findings ...

The Buddha’s dates are uncertain and range from 624 BCE (earliest birth) to 368 BCE (latest death). Whatever his dates, he began as a wandering ascetic and lived for some 80 years. His movement, ...

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 offers an ...

Buddha relics arrive in Bhutan as a goodwill gift from India for the Global Peace Prayer Festival, inspiring mass prayers for ...

An ancient timber structure that may have once marked Buddha's birthplace has been unearthed in Nepal. The new discovery could help pinpoint the time period when the spiritual leader was born.

The exposition is part of the Global Peace Prayer Festival (GPPF) in Thimphu, a major event praying for world peace and the healing of humanity and coincides with the 70th birth anniversary of Jigme ...

Throughout the villages and cities of Southeast Asia, millions are preparing this week for a celebration that will be a landmark in their lives — the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, ...

It was my first time traveling to Kushinagar, a town in a district of the same name in Uttar Pradesh, where the Buddha is said to have died. I went there not as a tourist but as a person of faith. I ...

What prompted the idea for the course? I adopted this course from a colleague when I took on my assistant professor position here at University of Illinois, Chicago. Over the years, the class content ...

Next, I will discuss Buddhist philosophy and the Buddhist solution to suffering. But before I do, I wanted to relate Buddha's life—which, if nothing else, is a marvelous story. The Buddha’s dates are ...