Celebrated to mark Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, Buddha Purnima is a significant day in India, the birth place of Buddhism. It is celebrated in the month of Vaisakha on the full moon ...

This article looks at Buddhist meditation, its purpose and the different approaches to meditation. Meditation is a mental and physical course of action that a person uses to separate themselves from ...

Vipassana is one of the most ancient meditation techniques which was rediscovered by Lord Gautama Buddha more than 2,500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal problems, ...

While studies have highlighted that yoga and meditation can bring structural changes responsible for calming emotions, better memory and lower stress, the focus is now on “mindfulness meditation”.

(RNS) — Bhante Sujatha, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk leading a temple in Woodstock, Illinois, hopes a new outdoor, interfaith meditation space will be a sanctuary in a world of noise. WOODSTOCK, Ill.

In postcolonial Burma, two trends within lay Buddhism—largely in tension with one another—developed into large-scale movements. They focused upon different meditation practices, insight meditation and ...