Buddhism serves as a philosophy rather than a religion.

Evidence

As best I could tell, the whole thing appeared to be less a faith than a philosophy, and one that had been intriguing psychologists since the days of Freud, when his early Viennese followers studied those newly translated texts. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 440

Categorization

• XREF: This hints at a philosophical exploration of Buddhism’s relevance today. — connects to: Philosophy occupies a contested intellectual middle ground between theology and science — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 40; Buddhism as popularly practiced is richly supernatural despite its nontheistic dogma; Sri Lanka’s constitution enshrines Buddhism in a privileged state role. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 144
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 440