Buddha is not a god, nor is Buddhism a religion as much as it's a philosophy....I know it's been said....but he's not, he " was" Prince Siddhartha Gautama, and was just a living breathing man back in the mid 500 BC's, who abandoned his life as a prince after noticing how empty his life of riches and such were after seeing the suffering outside the palace etc etc etc.. he was a teacher nothing more, nothing mystic, no divinity from the cosmos...just a guy
The word " Buddha" is just a title, there are SEVERAL Buddha besides Siddhartha, another major one is Amieda...
the lil fat guy you see all over is NOT a Buddha...he's a Bodhisattva
so as much as I see a potential for learning in things like this... I think it best to properly do ones homework before they make a mistake that could piss off alot of people...
" though you don't have to worry about pissing off a Buddhist,,
