(1) Buddhism overview: Not a got-based religion, instead focuses on a meta force called Kamma-determining the fate of the soul reborn after death in heavens, hells or various other possible worlds, unless Nibbana is realized. Buddha is viewed as a man who attained Nibbana after many rebirths, or a physical incarnation of a cosmic a Buddha-mind sent to show the path, depending on the branch of Buddhism. The latter view is Mahayana, group which has added a multitude of Buddhas from other worlds, even a future Buddha: Maitreya, as a sort of ‘second coming type of belief, and Bodhisattvas (beings who could reach Nibbana but remain in the various worlds of suffering to help other). The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are often worshipped as godlike lots of statues.
STRATEGY: World domination, mainly through peaceful conversion.