Nirvana isn’t just a Buddhist concept, it’s also the name of a pioneering grunge band whose songs have been the theme music for angsty teens for generations. For decades, since the rock group ...

Nirvana Day is an annual Buddhist festival that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached Nirvana at the age of 80. Nirvana is believed to be the end of the cycle of death and rebirth.

According to Buddhist tradition ... ultimately attaining a state of deep inner peace known as nirvana—eternal tranquility and liberation from suffering. Unlike Hinduism, which encourages ...

Asia Society Museum's Buddhist Art of Myanmar, which explores Buddhist narratives through approximately 70 works spanning the fifth through the early twentieth centuries, opened earlier this month in ...