I saw this today on a car in Oakland and had to laugh!!!

Buddha spent 50 years telling everyone that he was just a man, and a teacher of Dharma, not a God and that once he was gone, he was outta here!

Dead. Finito. Don't pray to me, Argentina! I'm not supposed to be immortal!!

His dying words were to the effect that each person had to work out their salvation on their own.

So of course, you get a bumper sticker conflating Buddha with God and asking for his blessings.

Strange indeed. Strange indeed.