Just some food for thought, consider the preponderance of belief in rejection of a permanent or eternal self in Buddhist thinking. Ätman (Buddhism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And though Vajrayana is a minority school, we have Adi-Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is why I believe, much to the chagrin of some Buddhists and Hindus, that Hinduism and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive, and in some respects are entirely compatible.