This course starts with the doctrinal story of the Buddha’s life, from his early years as Prince Siddhartha Gautama to his transformation into the famed ascetic and spiritual teacher venerated ...

A supposed Buddhist statue allegedly carved from a meteorite 1,000 years ... argues in a new report that the Buddha statue has obvious "pseudo-Tibetan features," marking it as a European ...

Since the discovery in March 2022, experts have speculated the Buddha was made in Alexandria in the 2nd century C.E., since it was carved out of Mediterranean marble in a hybrid style that mixes ...

Specifically, I ask students to think about one perplexing issue: If the Buddha believed in impermanence, why are there so many images and monuments dedicated to his ideas? This course starts with ...