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One may find more information in Tibetan Buddhism at Wikipedia. They have a great page that explains the origins, history and popular beliefs of Tibetan Buddhism.
It all started with shakyamuni aka sidhartha Gautama who was the first Buddha born in India.
Buddhism has its origins in India and its development occurred in India and the far East (Japan China etc.). Christianity originated in the middle East from Jewish source materials and developed in Europe.
Buddhism sees little value in pondering unanswerable and contentious questions like is there a god, or how did life or the universe start. The time we have in each life should be spent considering our path towards enlightenment and the attainment of Nirvana.
Buddhism contains many minor deities, but the philosophical aspect of it could be considered atheistic.AnswerBuddhism is a philosophy, AND it is an "inclusive" religion.Look to the origins of indigenous Asian Religions; Hindi, Confucianism, Buddhism: beginning, middle, end. You will find that they all 3 work together synonymously throughout the life time/age of an individual and that individuals need for understanding.Jainism (Hindi Origin) is Atheistic, not Buddhism.
No. There is very little similarity between Buddhist philosophy and the Vedic philosophy. However, non-duality ('advaita') is common to both.
The "Ten Commandments" are associated with the Abrahamic Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). Buddhism is a Dravidic Religion. These two religious origins have little or no overlap in their core beliefs and nooverlap in their religious texts. Buddhism does not follow the Ten Commandments.
Buddhists and Buddhism differ from Hinduism by believing in a couple of things differently. In its origins, Buddhism is similar to Hinduism though. Hinduism involves understanding Brahma, which is existence in the soul. Buddhism is more about finding the "not soul", or as practicers would say, the "Anatman" and nirvana.
There are Hindu gods and demons in Buddhist art because both the philosophy and the religion have very similar origins.
Buddhism was based on the cultural memes of the Indian sub continent and the Dravidian religions. Thus concepts like karma, reincarnation and Nirvana were easily understood.
Buddhism is structured into several different schools of thought. For instance, there is Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, zen Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhism, and Pure land Buddhism.