The Bodhi Tree

bodhi tree  Lesson Summary The Bodhi Tree is a religious symbol in Buddhism due to its prominence in the story of the Buddha's discovery of enlightenment, or total peace The bodhi tree was a large and ancient sacred fig tree The spiritual teacher Siddhartha Gautama has attained enlightenment under this tree, and

GENERAL INFO This large tree is briefly deciduous in the late summer and fall It is sacred and historically significant in Buddhism, and often found growing Undoubtedly, the most sacred fig tree ever to grace the Earth was the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya, under which Prince Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism,…

The Bodhi Tree's historical and religious significance dates back 2,500 years ago, when the eventual founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, left a life of This Bodhi Tree was a variety of fig known to botanists as Ficus religiosa and which has large spreading branches and rounded leaves with a