Meditation has been used by people, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, for years to help relieve stress. What place could be more stressful than a prison? Meditation has made its way ...

Good merit vs bad merit play an integral part in the Buddhist religion and helps followers advance in their understanding of life and their pursuit of enlightenment.

Buddhism is a spiritual path that encourages followers to renounce attachment to the world and find a more beneficial method of dealing with everyday interactions. Buddha taught that it was ...

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 ...

Buddhism embraces the concept of rebirth, also commonly known as reincarnation, as a fundamental principle that governs our world.

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 ...