Buddhism was founded around 500 BCE by Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Birth Name). Although Buddhism was founded in India, today less than 1% of India's population is Buddhist. Buddhism has more followers in countries east of India. Thailand's population is over 92% Buddhist.

Siddharta had adopted the path of searching for enlightenment. But at some point he came to a conclusion that this was neither the way towards enlightenment nor was the spoiled life he had as a prince the way. According to him the right path was somewhere in the middle and he called it the 'middle path'.

According to Buddha's theory, life is a long suffering. The suffering is caus

#3. I have learned a lot of new information about both beliefs. The fact that Buddhists make up less then 1% in India really amazed me since India is where Buddhism originated. I also didn't know that Buddhists were so faithful in their beliefs. I had heard that they do not eat meat, but didn't know about, thinking right, meditating right etc. I thought those facts were fascinating.

#1. Atheism in its own way is similar to Buddhism in the sense that they do not have a God. Buddhists do however believe in the existence of Buddha. Buddhism is an Ecclesia while Atheism would probably be considered a "cult" or NRM.

There are two main doctrines in Buddhism, Mahayana and Hinayana. Mahayana Buddhist believe that the right path of a follower will lead to the redemption of all human beings. The Hinayana believe that each person is responsible for his own fate. Along with these doctrines there are other Buddhist beliefs like 'Zen Buddhism' from Japan and the 'Hindu Tantric Buddhism' from Tibet. Zen Buddhism is a mixture of Buddhism as it arrived from India to Japan and original Japanese beliefs. The Hindu Tantric Buddhism is a mixture of Indian Buddhism and original Tibetan beliefs which existed among the Tibetans before the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet, among it magic, ghosts and tantras (meaningless mystical sentences).

"Your petitioners are Atheists, and they define their lifestyle as follows. An Atheist loves

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