One ancient symbol of grief is the cypress tree. Like many of the ... in samsara —the cycle between life, death, and rebirth ...

This sacred full moon day marks not just one, but three pivotal events in the life of Gautam Buddha ... further enhances the symbolism of enlightenment. In Buddhist traditions, it is believed ...

The history of Buddhism ... his early life. Instead, he pursued the Middle Way, which is just what it sounds like; neither luxury nor poverty. One day, seated beneath the Bodhi tree (the tree ...

Themes: Buddhism; the life of the Buddha ... Siddharta had many questions about life…and legend has it that he sat in the shade of a bodhi tree for 49 days thinking about the meaning of life ...

Modi offered flowers to the Sri Maha Bodhi, an object of worship and a symbol of sovereignty for the Buddhist-majority island, in the pilgrim city of Anuradhapura. The tightly-guarded fig tree is ...