Buddhism started in India over 2,500 years ago. Buddhists follow the teachings of a man called Siddhattha Gotama. He became known as the Buddha, which means 'enlightened'. Siddhattha Gotama was a ...

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...

My name is Hivin and I'm a Buddhist. I follow the teachings of the Buddha, who lived two and a half thousand years ago. He said that life was full of suffering and that suffering was caused by ...

A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a temple in Thailand. The early Buddhist scriptures teach that husbands and wives should respect and honour, show love and trust, and remain ...

Some Buddhists believe that enlightened individuals can choose to be reborn in order to help others become enlightened. Others believe that, when Nirvana is achieved, the cycle of samsara ...

The Five Moral Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path are important guides for the Buddhist family and other areas of life. Image caption, A mother and child making an offering to a boy monk at a ...