Buddhism was formed when Siddhartha Gautama, a practicing Hindu, taught different ideals of Hinduism. While he was alive, it was considered a different sect of Hinduism. But when he died, it was...
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama explained (in a teaching in Finland, 1988):
"What is common to all the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism is their emphasis on the practice of the entire...