The Third and a Half Noble Truth

The Third and a Half Noble Truth

The Buddha’s teachings are like a buffet table, with lots of different things you can take from it: how to live happily in this life, how to prepare for a happy life in the next life, and how to get out of lives altogether, which doesn’t mean death—because death is a part of life—but there’s an escape from both life and death, which the Buddha said is the ultimate happiness. Yet that’s the part of the buffet table to which a lot of people say, “…

From Prince to Enlightened One: The Life Journey of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha

The transformation of Siddhartha Gautama from a sheltered prince to the Buddha (“The Awakened One”) represents one of history’s most profound spiritual journeys. Born into luxury and shielded from suffering, his encounter with the harsh realities of human existence led him to abandon royal comfort in search of deeper truth. After years of spiritual seeking, ...