Interfaith Group

Buddhism is a distilled version of Hinduism, removing the gods and goddesses and keeping dharma (the truth or the teachings), karma and reincarnation. As Siddhartha Gautama was a Hindu in Northern India, and raised as a Hindu, I feel I have to study his background before he was enlightened.

I have met Christians that think Buddha is worshiped like Christ and I had to correct them and tell them that Buddha is an enlightened man and is NOT a god. He is revered as an example, not worshiped. Some flavors of Buddhism have deities and some don't.

Personally I like Mahayana (Chinese) Buddhism. Tibetan is the best known in the United States because the Dalai Lama is a public figure but it is too superstitious for my taste.


And there are Christians who think Mohammed is worshiped like Christ. I have not had personal encounters with them. Mohammed is a prophet. I'm no Islamic scholar and even I know that.