The Buddha’s dates are uncertain and range from 624 BCE (earliest birth) to 368 BCE (latest death). Whatever his dates, he began as a wandering ascetic and lived for some 80 years. His movement, ...

This is the final installment of a three-part review of “Buddha.” Siddhatta Gotama, born in northern India around 500 BCE, ...

Almond (Mary Magdalene), a professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Queensland, traces in this sweeping study how the Buddha came to be perceived in the West as a historical figure ...