likely after the reign of King Jayavarman VII, during a period of transition from Mahayana Buddhism to Brahmanism.” A headless Buddha sitting on the coils of Naga still appears in the temple ...

Buddhists follow the teachings of a man called Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha. Siddhartha was ... is The Buddhist Story of the Monkey King. Once, there was a tribe of monkeys who ...

Buddha’s birth and life Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, which is at the border of what is India and Nepal today. His mother, Maya, was the wife of Suddhodana, king of the Shakya clan.

BANGKOK--More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha ...