In his very first sermon after attaining enlightenment, Buddha talked about the middle way of avoiding two extremes: the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification. In the East people have a tendency toward self-mortification, while in the West we lean toward...
Wesak is the major Buddhist festival of the year. It is the celebration of Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and ascension into nirvana. This yearly celebration of the Wesak Festival is celebrated when the sun is in Taurus and it is a full moon, usually during the...
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