| Founder |
Siddhartha Gotama (The Buddha) |
| Sacred Text |
Many e.g. the Tripitaka, also known as the Pali Canon |
| Main Denominations |
Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese groups including Soto and Zen |
| Significant Modern Buddhists |
The Dalai Lama, Richard Gere |
| Numbers of Buddhists in England and Wales |
144,000 (0.3%) - 2001 Census
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