Thousands of Happy Candles

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

According to the National Candle Association , candles have been used as a light source for more than 5,000 years with the earliest use attributed to Ancient Egyptians. Over thousands of years, candles have evolved from the tallow and beeswax used by the ancient Romans. The Middle Ages relied on tallow (animal fat), early American colonialists tried a boiled berry concoction for a bit, and whale fat gave way to paraffin wax in the 1850s and then the soy alternatives we see today.

About the author

Gautama Buddha (a.k.a. Siddhārtha Gautama or (Pali) Siddhattha Gotama; Shakyamuni or (Pali) Sakkamuni; and The Buddha) was an ascetic and spiritual teacher of Nepal and South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE. He was the founder of Buddhism and is revered by Buddhists as an awakened being whose teachings present and explain a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering.