Why is Siddhartha so alone? It feels like he belongs to no one or nothing anymore, which makes him feel lonely. His status as an ascetic or Brahmin changed. It is impossible for him to return home and ...

Sometime later, however, Siddhartha (with the help of the gods) emerges from his compound and encounters four key scenes: an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a traveling ascetic. “The first ...

But in conventional terms this year 2011 is the 2555th year of the Buddha era. In other words it was 2600 years ago, that Ascetic Siddhartha, transformed himself into the status of the Supremely ...

Disillusioned by the impermanence of life, Siddhartha engaged in six years of ascetic practice and attained enlightenment at the age of 35 in Bodh Gaya in northeast India. He then became known as ...

River in Bihar’s Gaya district, is one of the four most sacred pilgrimage sites for Buddhists worldwide. It was here that Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of Lumbini and a wandering ascetic, attained ...