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2nd Century Buddhist stupa Audrru, India

Lotus Lantern Parade in Suwon, South Korea. 🏮

This annual event celebrates Buddha’s Birthday with thousands of colorful lanterns lighting up the night. The parade marches past the historic Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, creating a stunning bridge between Korea’s past and present. It’s a peaceful yet vibrant display of traditional Buddhist culture.

Life a River of Change: Change is the only constant

In Hermann Hesse’s famous book Siddhartha, there is a character named Vasudeva. Vasudeva says to Siddhartha, the main character, “I have learned from the river; you too should learn from the river. The river teaches everything.” What does Vasudeva mean by learning from the river? Please... (edited) read more

Essential sorrow 📌📜

"Essential sorrow" is a term you’ll hear most in Buddhist philosophy and in some existential writing. It’s not about having a bad day or grieving a specific loss. Why is it called “essential”? Because it isn’t caused by a mistake you made or a problem you can fix. It’s baked into the conditions:... read more

Your belief

Why is this your belief? [Please be respectful, I know can be a sensitive topic] Edit: Say "other" for other Say "Buddhist" for Buddhist Etc (I don't know how to add options after posting) (edited)

And that folks is why i am Buddhist (edited)