maya devi

Meditation Interviews

Mark Epstein on Maya Devi

After writing a Mother’s Day blog post about Maya Devi, I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that she dies so shortly after giving birth to the Buddha. Isn’t this sad? We usually think about the…

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Teachings

The Buddha’s Mother

Happy Mothers Day! The story goes like this: At the time of the Buddha’s birth more than 2,500 years ago, Lumbini was a grove of natural grandeur, bursting with rare and beautiful flowers, where bees of…

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