Buddhism has about 365 million followers at the moment.
Buddhism has been taught for about 2500 years.
Buddhism has about 365 million followers at the moment.
It is the other way around. Buddhism was started by a born Hindu prince. Many Gods and Goddesses from Hinduism are used in Buddhism.
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism has 130 pages.
There are many groups of Buddhism in Japan today. The main ones are the Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo shu and Jodo Shinshu) and Nichiren Buddhism. There is also Zen (Soto and Rinzai are the main ones), Tendai and Shingon. Many new religions also are based on Buddhism.
There are several/many lineages in Tibetan Buddhism. However, the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism is the Dalai Lama.
There are many times more people in the world practicing Christianity than Buddhism.
Buddhism evolved by that buddha shared his knowledge around Asia and the followers decided to become Buddhism. Today in 2012 there are not many people that believe in Buddha.
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There is not one leader of Buddhism, there are many different schools and traditions, each with its own head and lineage.
You can read about the different schools of Buddhism here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools_of_Buddhism