There is such a thing as secular Buddhism: http://secularbuddhism.org/ http://secularbuddhism.org/ Although many people practice it as a religion it doesn't ha

There is such a thing as secular Buddhism: http://secularbuddhism.org/ http://secularbuddhism.org/ Although many people practice it as a religion it doesn't have to be practiced as one. For example one can attend a meditation workshop and learn Theravada or Mahayana techniques in a non sectarian environment free from any ceremony, dogma or iconography. Unlike the Judeo-Christian faiths there is no litmus test for who is a buddhist and who isn't one.