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 Hallo my friend. Thanks for the question. There are a lot of people who prefer to strip away the ""supernatural"" and religious elements from the Buddha's teaching and then say that ""Buddhism"" is not a religion at all but a rationalistic philsophy. The fact is that Buddhism contains both religion and philosophy. But to say that Buddhism as a whole (including the Mahayana expression of it) is not a religion is simply inaccurate and wrong. Hope that helps! Best wishes from Tony.  "