In western philosophy the distinction primarily goes like this:

Philosophy - The rational investigation of human reason.

Religion - Similar but has its basis in faith rather than 'rationality'.

What I was primarily wondering was, does Buddhism make the same kind of explicit distinctions like in western philosophy? Do they view philosophy and religion as the same thing? And, if so what do both Buddhist texts and contemporary scholars say about it.

**Not asking whether Buddhism is a religion or a philosophy**