There is no Ishwara or God in Buddhism (or Jainism). Buddhism is a non-theistic religion, meaning it doesn't recognise a creator god or a deity who intervenes in the world. Instead, it focuses on ...

or Guan Gong (关公), commonly venerated as the god of wealth, as examples of folk religion. In addition, scholars have noted that practitioners of folk religion sometimes refer to all forms of folk ...

Lao Buddhism is closely connected to spirits; and Sri Lankan religious practice is integrated with Hindu gods and demons. These distinctions only begin to reveal a rich diversity of traditions ...

Buddhism is the most common religious identity in China ... Allah or Tianzhu (the word Chinese Catholics use for God), according to the CFPS survey. Only 16% of Chinese adults believe exclusively in ...

This cleansing consecrated the Buddha-to-be as holy, signaling that even the gods recognized him as ... which frowned upon Buddhist religious practices and ended in 1910. Buddhist reformers ...