david bowie was a buddhist, and almost became a monk rather than an entertainer. when he died, his ashes were scattered in bali in accordance with buddhist rituals.

8 out of the 10 largest statues on earth are of the buddha.

buddhism has no heaven, per se (although 30,000 years of pleasure before rebirth is darned close), but it has dozens of hells.

buddha refused to answer the following questions:

• is the world eternal?
• is the world finite?
• is the self identical with the body?
• does the buddha exist after death?