Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that finds its genesis in the teachings of Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama who was born in 653 B.C. in Lumbini Nepal. Buddhism is a vast religious, ...
The Buddha's Four Noble Truths offer a timeless framework for understanding and overcoming life's inherent suffering. These ...
The above is a quote from “The Life of the Buddha” by Venerable Nanamoli. It is the answer that one of the first five disciples of the Buddha, Venerable Assaji, gave to a very curious wanderer when ...
Wheel of the chariot of the sun, Konark Sun Temple, Odisha. 1250 CE. The temple is designed as a chariot with 24 such wheels. As a symbol, the wheel of dharma is featured in several Indian religions, ...
Pankaj Mishra never figured out how to meditate. “I managed to concentrate on my breathing and block all thoughts from entering my mind for up to two minutes before the dam broke,” he writes. But then ...
You’ve probably heard someone sigh and say, “Well, life is suffering”. The phrase floats through conversations and motivational talks as if it were the Buddha’s final word on existence. It sounds ...
It is only in the last few pages of An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World that Pankaj Mishra directly addresses the concerns of his title, and here the “world” is defined as the spectacle of ...