While I have been in Aldegar, I have talking to Wu Han about the situation of Daenism (in-game equivalent of Buddhism) and the Bidar (in-game equivalent of the Buddha). Particularly in comparison to Hosianism, there has been relatively little development of the background and history of Daenism. Part of the reason for this is that there are actually relatively few in-game countries in which the religion is a major factor (primarily Dankuk, Seko and Gao-Soto).
The history that has been established holds that the Bidar was born in Aldegar in the first century CE and that Daenism emerged from Yazdism (in-game equivalent of Zoroastrianism). Although this proposed history has been around for some time there has been relatively little role-play associated with it. For example if you search the word "Bidar" on the forum there are nineteen results, over half of which are Wu Han himself.
Daenism having emerged from Yazdism is complicating for a number of reasons because Buddhism in real life is deeply connected to the various other Indian religions like Hinduism and Jainism that emerged from the same traditions with many shared concepts (dharma and karma, for example). Zoroastrianism does probably have some similarities with those religions but actually it is much closer to the Abrahamic religions in terms of monotheism, a "founding prophet" and so on (at least in my opinion).
For this reason, we have discussed the idea of adapting this history and abandoning the relationship between Aldegar, Yazdism, the Bidar and Daenism. While it is understandable that we would want to differentiate between real-life religions and their in-game equivalents, this seems to be a little unnecessarily convoluted. Rather than have the Bidar being born in Aldegar, we would propose having him born in either Vascania or somewhere in southwest Dovani (Hanzen or Kimlien, for example) amid the context of the historic Vedic traditions.
The purpose of this thread is really just to see what other players think and hear from others about whether this is something we should pursue. Players who have engaged with Daenism to any extent would be particularly encouraged to share their views obviously. In broader terms, it would also be interesting to know to what extent this is something that Moderation actually regulates and what the process would be for changing something like this.