buddhism origins

BuddhIsts donT belief in any god, which makes them polytheistic. They have no God but they do Have leaders in the Church that organize teachings, practices, and events.

Tibetan Buddhist believe that when the Dalai Lama dies his spirit enters the body of a child. ( Dalai Lama translates as "oceanic teacher")
   

In 1950s, one-fourth all males were monks, so the polygamy  was encouraged among 
Other males to produce enough children to prevent population from declining.

Chinese communists sought to reduce the domination of Buddhist monks by closing and demolishing there temples. Along with religious artifacts and scriptures. China executed or imprisoned ten of thousands and forced another 100,000 including the Dalai Lama to emigrate. Now some monasteries have been re-build. They destroyed BUddhist statues as old as the second century a.D.because they were wOrshipped as 


Buddhism is the world's third major universalizing religions it is clustered primarily in east Asia and Southeast Asia. 
Buddhism splits into three branches 
First :mahayanists account for about 56%
Second: Theravada comprise about 38%
Third: Vajayanists also known as Lamaists is 

to the bottom is the picture a 55-meter statue of bUddha in bamiyaN before and after.