Buddhism began around 2,500 years ago. Its founder was a person known to history as Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, close to what is now the ...

(UNDATED) Twenty-five centuries ago, the Buddha taught with lists. The Four Noble Truths. The Five Precepts. The Eightfold Path. These numbered lists helped his followers memorize and pass along his ...

The lotus is the most frequently mentioned symbol of Buddhism and was destined to be bound with Buddhism from the very beginning since it is in many of the tales about Sakyamuni, the founder of ...

A look at how Buddhism has spread in Britain and its unique British shape. According to the 2001 census there are 151,816 Buddhists in Britain. However, that does not take into account those who ...