The Bodhi Tree: uniting all worlds The life of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, is central to Buddhist tradition. It has a mythic status. And in that story we find one ...

Karma is a term that many people are familiar with but relatively few people understand. They might tell you that karma is when people get what they deserve. Good things happen ...

A simple form of the Buddha’s teaching is found in the Four Noble Truths. The first of these is the doctrine of dukkha: there is suffering. The Three Marks of ...

In the Buddhist religion, Nirvana is the ultimate place of happiness and tranquility. Once one reaches Nirvana, they experience nothing but bliss. Everything is perfect and they have complete peace ...

The lotus flower has eight petals which correspond to the Eightfold Path of Good Law. It is one of the most common symbols of Buddhism and represents the stages of ...

Within the human body are seven main chakras. Each chakra has an attachment to separate body areas including glands and organs. The word chakra means wheel in Sanskrit. When experts ...

In the early days of Buddhism,there were no statues of the Buddha himself, therefore Buddhist symbols were relied upon to convey Buddha and his teachings. These representations are still very ...