>>>As Christianity follows the teachings of Christ, Buddhism follows the teachings of Buddha. In each case, it's following something established by a single person. There is lots of faith in Buddhism. Is there anything that says there isn't a God or Higher Power?
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>>"On this matter The Buddha maintained a benevolent silence."
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>Nirvana is a higher plane of existence.

The phrasing suggests some other place to exist, which I think is not correct. Nirvana describes a state of far deeper, intuitive, insight into existence. Not some other plane of existence, unless the word "plane" is used only as a metaphor.


>The whole plane is by definition a "Higher Power".

"Higher power" means what? An external power, like a God for example? Higher power implies a lower power. What/who is the lower power? As soon as you say "higher" you imply "lower" which creates the very dichotomy, dualistic thinking that Buddhism tries to avoid.