A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
Before attaining Buddhahood , Prince Siddhartha, says the Samyutta Nikaya, thought about the given existential state of human beings, thus: ‘In what miserable condition are the people! Before ...
hai Theravada scholars Dr. Mettanando Bhikkhu and Ajahn Sujato believe the “Garudhammas”, the eight rules that restrict, rather constraint Buddhist nuns [Bikkhunis], including the rule that is more ...
Thrice-blessed Day is the simple way of explaining what Vesak Day means. Vesak marks the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing away of the Buddha. All these three events took place on the Full Moown Poya ...