Since its introduction in India more than two thousand years ago, Buddhism has spread throughout Asia, and now its influence on Western culture is growing. Lively and accessible the author tells about the origin of this ancient religion, its basic concepts, the differences between the main schools of Buddhism, for example, the Tibetan and Zen Book is provided with a chronology and a list of literature. According to the teachings of Buddhism, a person has free will and Using it, self-determining. Indeed, people create themselves through moral choice. Freely and repeatedly making a certain choice, a person forms his character, and through character and future. Damien Keown Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society” teaches at Goldsmiths College, University of London .