Buddha`s teachings are more important than Buddha himself. Buddha`s teachings are known as Dhamma. Buddha has not appointed any successor after him. At the time of Mahaparinirvana he told to his personal attending desciple Ananda to fallow his teachings after his death.
He strictly followed the teachings of Buddha.
Dharma
The teachings of the Buddha
The wheel
They believe in Lord Buddha. They follow Lord Buddha's teachings.
Buddha rejected the idea of the caste system and the influence of gods in man's progress towards enlightenment.
Lord Buddha
The dhamma.
The teachings of the Buddha are the most evident proof for his existence.
The disciples of the Buddha helped him by spreading his teachings over a lot of places as much as they could.
Buddhists follow the teachings of the Gautama Buddha.