There are around 500 million Buddhists in the world tody. It is one of the faster growing religions in many countries.
It is said that there are 360 million adherents of Buddhism in the world today.
The fundemental teachings of Buddhism begin with the Four Noble Truths. These describe the 'human condition'. They can be experienced personally rather than believed in. So many Buddhists follow the path of Buddhism rather than believe in it.
As is the case for every group of people, some do and some don't. Many Tibetans are devout Buddhists.
535 million people
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.
Many very realised Buddhists are married and study Buddhism. The Buddha himself was married.
it didn't they are two different religions. buddhists do not believe in god, hinduists believe in many gods
There are over 500 million Buddhists worldwide, making it the fourth largest religion in the world. However, not everyone who follows Buddhism identifies as a Buddhist, so the number of people who still believe in Buddha may be higher.
Because in Hinduism they believe in many gods and Buddhism doesn't believe in any gods.
There are many religions that believe in more than one God. It is referred to as Polytheism. However some of the most popular modern day religions believing in Polytheism is Hinduism and Buddhism. Which are alike and different in many ways.
Hindu people has their gods and goddesses while the Buddhists has their god Buddha , Buddhists believe more on what Buddha taught when he is still alive.. Hindu worships many gods and goddesses..
We, the Greek Orthodox believe in God, we don't make up things, we believe what is TRUE..... we believe the original things..... etc... Buddhism is all about peace, charma, nature, and stuff like that...... they believe in buddha's, and that ANYONE can become a buddha...... they have many buddha's, but we only have 1 God, and that's just the basics...