There’s a truth we all eventually come to face: life isn’t a straight path. It’s a cycle—a pattern of destruction and renewal, loss and rediscovery, forgetting and remembering. And if you’ve ever ...

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ashore. The sculpture was broken in pieces, but experts recognized it as depicting Vishnu in the Janardanaya avatar, one of his 24 divine forms ...

The ninth avatar is Buddha, representing the historical figure Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Buddhism. In this incarnation, ...

Vishnu, in the form of Varaha ... the founder of Buddhism. Buddha’s teachings of compassion, mindfulness, and the path to enlightenment were a transformative force that changed the course ...

While sifting through 29 statue fragments, they discovered something far larger than a fragment: a 3.75-foot-tall Buddha torso statue in the Bayon ... as a Hindu temple and dedicated to the god Vishnu ...

Lord Vishnu's incarnation as Buddha spread the message of peace, non-violence, and detachment from material desires. This avatar reminds us of the power of compassion and the need for inner awakening.

In India, this day is declared as a gazetted holiday in several states. In the northern regions of the country, Lord Buddha is believed to be the 9th avatar of Lord Vishnu (after Sri Krishna who is ...

In addition, Hindus consider Lord Buddha to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This year, Buddha Purnima is being celebrated today on May 23. As the world commemorates this sacred day, immerse ...