On a certain date, there was a simpletons’ festival celebrated in ancient Indian city Shravasti, and on the occasion of this foolish holiday, folk used to smear their bodies with ashes and cow-dung and for a period of seven days … Continued
Buddha gave so many sermons and teaching for making a peaceful and compassionate world. Buddha’s teaching is not for the human being only but also for the every living entity in this world. Buddha teaches the lesson of peace, harmony, compassion, … Continued
Tambadanhika served the king as an executioner of thieves for fifty-five years. In old age he could no longer cut off a man’s head with a single blow. On the day he was retired from office, he gave orders that … Continued
After getting the Nirvana (Enlightenment) Buddha first thought was of the five disciples who had left him and were continuing their repentance in Sarnath, near Varanasi in India. So to Sarnath the Buddha turned his steps. His old disciples … Continued
Now on a certain occasion, Devadatta joined forces with Ajàtasattu, climbed Vulture Peak, and out of the wickedness of his heart, saying to himself, “I will kill the Buddha,” hurled down a rock. Two mountain crags caught the rock and splintered it, but … Continued