Buddha's life

An integral part of the canonical Buddhist literature, the jâtaka (or “lives”) relate the many past lives of Buddha Shakyamuni, during which he experienced … Read more >

Account of the past lives of the Buddha who mocked the social order and treated his neighbors with equal benevolence. The society in which evolved... Read more >

The Mahaparinirvâna sûtra and some other texts report that the Buddha himself, solicited by his disciple Ananda, would have established four places of pilgrimage associated with … Read more >

The first images of the Buddha or the need for men to represent their models. Buddhist literature suggests that the question of... Read more >

A look back at the four encounters that radically changed the life of Siddhartha, the future Buddha. The childhood and youth of Siddhartha, future Buddha of our … Read more >

Saga of the birth and youth of Siddhartha Gautama, who preferred enlightenment to universal kingship. Vassal of the kings of Koçala, the clan … Read more >

There are, from the Buddhist perspective, six possible conditions of rebirth in the world of samsâra: gods, asura (a term often translated as demon), man, animal, etc. Read more >

Dukkha. One of the key words of the Buddha's teaching, dukkha is the subject of the first of the Four Noble Truths. Pali term, often translated as “suffering”, … Read more >

Meditation, in very varied forms and modalities, occupied a place of choice in Indian religious circles at the time of the Buddha. Some … Read more >

From the fight against Mara to the sermon of Sarnath, the story of the long march towards Awakening. The young prince, whom the texts will now evoke under … Read more >