How a Mother Would Tell the Buddha’s Birth Story
A meditation teacher reimagines the birth of Siddhartha Gautama from Queen Maya’s perspective.
Buddha’s birth
No more industry in the Buddha’s birthplace
The road to Lumbini, Nepal—the birthplace of the Buddha—is littered with industry. Cement companies, brick kilns, steel mills, and a paper mill all manufacture goods alongside the Bhairahawa-Lumbini highway, a stretch of land that falls within…
How many candles on the Buddha’s birthday cake?
… Or how many lamps in the Buddha’s birthday tree? Either way, yesterday’s post about Vesak got me wondering: when was the Buddha born? As it turns out, there is a long scholarly discussion on the…
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