Quote Originally Posted by pharm_teg
I guess it depends on your definition of religion. Religion, to must people, involve a supernatural power. Buddhism is a philosophy, a way of life. I guess you think Atheism is a religion too?
"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" - Albert Einstein

Buddhism is very much a religion as much as it is a lifestyle. As a matter of fact, it is the four largest religion in the world. While it may not follow a ideological figure such as God, Allah, or whatever, it still very much so believes in after-life experience. The traditional aspect of Buddhism is the belief in reincarnation until one can seperate himself from personal desires and achieve Nirvana, the state of freedom from suffering.

Contrary to the usual stereotype, a religion doesn't require a specific deity to be considered a religion.