it is considered as one of the 5 principal religions of the world, but i look it more like a philosophy. detachement is just reaching the nirvana. the pure happiness. but again buddhists dont even respect what buddha wanted. they pray him but he didnt wanted anything of this sort. i guess you can consider you as a buddhist if you respect living creatures, you beleive mainly in their books and u live in simplicty

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mellow mood Reviewed by mellow mood on . A few things on Buddhism I could use some clarification on... I've read about buddhism a lot in the past year, but I'm still not totally clear of their views on the after life and devine (I do know they don't have a god). anywhoo, the way things work is that ignorance and craving are the cause of suffering, which is the cause of continuous rebirth. When one reaches enlightenment, you're freed of suffering, ignorance, craving, and apparently have the "final extinction" at which point the cycle of rebirth is stopped. Now my first question is, why Rating: 5