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Happy birthday, Buddha! Why the founder of Buddhism has so many different birthdays around the world

  • Written by Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
Happy birthday, Buddha! Why the founder of Buddhism has so many different birthdays around the worldA devotee bathes a Buddha statue during celebrations of the Buddha's birthday in Malaysia.Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

When Siddhartha Gautama was born, he was clearly no ordinary infant. According to Buddhist texts, he raised his hand to the skies and declared, “In the heavens above and below the heavens, I am the...

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