Currently, around 3 million Americans, or around 1 percent of the total population, consider themselves Buddhists. The attitude of Buddhism is "come and see for yourself," which attracts many Westerners. Buddhists are not asked to believe in anything, but to follow the Buddha's advice to test ideas for ourselves...
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In fact, Buddha's final words were to, "be a lamp unto yourself, make of yourself a light." The status of Buddhism today is compared to the way it was in 7th century Japan. It's gaining popularity, however in America it has been altered by various cultures and the need to put labels on it. They have to differentiate between American Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism for instance...
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