The religion of Gautama Buddha, born in the 6th century BC, spread from northern India, to Ceylon, Burma, Siam, China, and to Japan. Its ultimate goal is nirvana, the final emancipation from the necessity of transmigration. Unless nirvana is attained, the doctrine of impermanence applies to all things, and even the Gods are liable to the affects of fate and of transmigration. Buddhism denies a permanent self...