Throughout history, certain trees have stood well beyond their botanical existence as emblems of profound human experience and milestones. From the very tree where an apple once inspired Isaac ...

the right branch of the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained Enlightenment was brought to Sri Lanka by Theri Sanghamitta in 288 B.C., the eighteenth year of King Asoka’s reign. King ...

a sacred tree in Anuradhapura believed to have grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment. Believed to be planted by King Asoka’s daughter in 288 BCE ...

Images of Buddha’s enlightenment often portray him sitting alone under the bodhi tree, his body emaciated from fasting. Some depictions show the Buddha’s right hand pointing down, asking the ...

Bodh Gaya is one of the most significant religious sites in the world. It is here that Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under the famous Bodhi Tree.

In a small temple in a mountain, a Buddhist monk and a boy monk devote themselves to practicing asceticism every day. One day, some confucian scholars trying to suppress buddhism come to the ...

This picture shows the site of the Bodhi Tree in India that the Buddha meditated under, and which remains an important place of religious pilgrimage. Sangha Day is celebrated on the full moon in ...