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Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima, is one of the most important festivals for Buddhists. It marks the birth, enlightenment (nirvana), and death (parinirvana) of Lord Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. This holy day usually falls on the full moon of Baisakh (April–May) in the Buddhist calendar. Historical Significance Gautam Buddha was born … Read more

Amideva Buddha Park is a lovely place where people can go to relax. It is a park dedicated to Buddha known for compassion and wisdom. Amideva Buddha Park is popular for its three giant golden statues of Buddha and a small but beautiful garden. It is located at the backside of Swayambhunath stupa, in front … Read more

Anapana meditation is an ancient meditation technique used by Gautama Buddha. It has been in use from 2500 years ago, also known as Anapana Sati. Anapana meditation is a simple way of focusing your mind on your breath. Instead of trying to control or change your breath, you just pay attention to it as you … Read more

Geographically Nepal is mixed of Himalayas, hills and terai region and is a secular nation. It is a multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic nation but most practiced religions are Hinduism along with Buddhism. Hinduism accounts for 81.3% and percentage of Buddhist in Nepal is 9.04% of the population of the nation according to a survey … Read more

Nepal is a country with multi cast like a garden with multi-color flowers. People get married with own caste only within same religion, which means a Buddhist cannot marry another Buddhist of different cast. A Buddhist cannot marry non Buddhist in Nepal. These rules were strict during those days. People in the community and even … Read more

We can divide followers or Buddhism into two category. One is monks who spend their life living the path shown by the Buddha and another is normal people with their family. Monks follows strict rules where as odinary people are not much bounded by the rules. This doesn’t mean ordinary Buddhist people don’t follow Buddhist … Read more

We can pronounce Swayambhunath as Swa-yam-bhu-na-th. People also say it as Swoyambhu which can be pronounced as swo-yam-bhu. You may also find old illiterate people mispronouncing it as Shyangu, Shimbhu etc. For audio you can type text in Google translate. In Devanagari script it is pronounced and written as “स्वयम्भु“.