A Searching Truth

Question for the day: What brings us to make particular choices? Choices which range from our music preferences to major life decisions?

Religion is one such important life choice. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism… the Big 5 (in terms of the most well-known religions).

Kang Ik-Joong
Happy Buddha (2008).
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Today I shall be looking at Buddhism. What is the draw? Why is it becoming more and more popular in the Western world?