It is now spring and April is the month of rebirth. When the Prince was born, he took seven steps in each direction proclaiming, “I shall be the holy one of Heaven and Earth, and put an end to the ...

An admission that he once led “a fairly degenerate lifestyle” might be surprising and hopeful from a man who believes he is destined to become a Buddha -- an enlightened one who lives in perfect peace ...

Many people in the West interpret Buddhism as a path of meditation leading to enlightenment. What many may not know is that this interpretation differs vastly from its practice in East Asia. I have ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The present study aims to examine the so-called Tantric Rebirth Movement, which is part of the general context of reforms that involved the ...

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what ...

More than two thousand years ago, in a village in North India, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under what became known as the Bodhi tree. This multilayered historical ethnography ...