text: what can you tell me about  the buddhist religion? i have a friend who is buddhist and he skimmed over the general ideas and conceptsf this religion.i am just curious,and i want to learn abit more about it. start to read books about it and start to believe in yourself. in every buddhist country they believe in it different buddhism is not a religion but a life fiolosify.( sorry for not spelling the word right) reading is learning so you an make up your own mind about buddhism. it sounds dull i know, but try it and you will learn a lot about life.  buddhism goes back a long time and sounds very wise and mature, there are many variations on buddhism and they all come from the same poin, live and let live. the problem is that in modern age people treat buddhism more as a religion than what it really is.  what i can tell is simple  be yourself    i am not a buddhist but been married to a woman who is. also i am living in sri lanka and am  a dutcman ( sri lanka is very buddism) good luck and be understanding.