Do Buddhists Believe In God?
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- We Join Venerable Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso, from the Wat Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon for a discussion on Buddhist Philosophy. In this clip we discuss the Buddhist concept of God, or 'gods'. the FULL INTERVIEW will be released on this channel on 15/01/17.
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Hello everyone, Thank you for your ideas and input to this video Just to be clear Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso is saying that Buddhists believe in 'Small g' gods (he is referring to spirits or devas from the higher realms) rather than a creator God . Buddha does not confirm or deny a creator God, but it is not central to the Philosophy of Buddhism. That is our interpretation. Thanks, Peace!
CMIIW, i did read somewhere probably in the suttas that said something like this,
" He who has eyes can see the sickening sight, why does 'God' doesn't set his creatures right ? "
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The doctrine of a creator god is identified as a false view period.
But then what about the Adi-Buddha? Isn't it a creator concept? All of reality and existence comes from the Adi-Buddha and it was the original entity of the universe. Surely this counts as a Buddhist creator god
That why you are wronf ;D. I should open the west eyes what is buddhism? Most of western monk and able to speak english doesn't know what is buddhism clearly. Truely sad. Soon i will create famous youtube channel dedicate on buddhism. God creation come on bro.? 😂🎉
As a Japanese Buddhist, I can tell you that although Buddhism has been forcibly classified as a religion, it is a means to an approach that belongs to philosophy and self-realization. Buddhism is not a belief in a specific god, but a practical wisdom for exploring the unknown self as taught by the Buddha.
Hey there I have a question do buddhists believe in a type of soul or something that is you after death or just the soul in general?
As per knowledge budhaa says I can't tell you about god but I will help you to know about god... meditation Will help human to find answer of any question..you said Buddhism is the way of living...same as Hinduism
Did Vajrayana present the same?
Hinduism , Buddhism, Jainism , Sikhism they all same .these are not religion .becoz in these culture people are seeking same thing self realisation and libration.
These four are the branches of 1 tree that is Sanatan Dharma
@@instqnctz ... type of soul...? you are you... you are in a human body according to your past karma... what and where you would be in your next life is according to your karma... well... if you see yourself as your human body and will die and become dust and the end of you... can you...? up to you...
As a Buddhist, I think it’s different from my understanding.Buddhist doesn’t care whether there is god or no god. Buddha denied begging or praying to any god.
You right ❤
So you are going to hell
@@jorgeismaelgarcia291 Umm ..If I go to hell because I just don’t believe in god ( but I never disrespect to your god or any god) So you’re blaming god that he is unreasonable and dictator. I willing to do the good thing for my entire life. I do help other people. I think god is generous and reasonable enough to just anyone.
@Jorge Garcia If you think you are better than me because you begging to god, I think you going to the wrong path and you’re not believe in what god want we to.
He received enlightenment from God
@@AngelinaMary94 whatever you believe in the good way. It’s good for you. This kind of question the Buddha said that it’s doesn’t encourage you to anything better. So if Buddha got enlightment from god…so what and how about doesn’t so what….
I'm from a Sikh background and this is a similarity. God/the divine energy/the one is in all things following a panentheistic view. Respect
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The holy spirit does not dwell in sinners. And without JESUS you are a sinner
Guru nanak was also an enlightened being.
@@Bujuvaidya912 only Jesus is the light of the world and those who follow him sinner and you will learn that soon enough. Repent or perish Luke 13:3
@@michaellarsonck7749 an entity who couldn't save his 100s of nun followers when they were raped in churches of Ireland,who couldn't save his own largest church in Constantinople,who couldn't save his 1000s of followers in Armenian genocide,who couldn't stop current oppression of his followers in Egypt,iran,pakistan etc...that entity is as good as dead man for me.
It is my understanding that Buddhists believe in a higher self as GOD, an inner spiritual GOD made of pure energy and love. Not an external GOD that looks like a man and is wrathful or unforgiving.
Whom you are pointing out by saying "not an external god that looks like a man and is wrathful or forgiving" ??
Yes
wrathful or unforgiving? you don't know God at all
Buddhism basic is body and mind. What you think as a soul is just a stream of unrest mind.
When you meditate enough to get certain level of concentration, you can see the gap between your split seconds of mind. And you will start to realize that mind (or so called "Soul") is a series of film. Just because many frames of film are pull together very fast to show you like a movie with motion, it looked like an existential soul. In fact there isn't one.
@@kyawswehan its with energy nature truth from what will be create what fact of nature and positive energy
What he means is that Buddhism doesn't consider belief or disbelief in God a question worthy of answer. By Gods, he is referring to Dieties
Like those powerful angels
@@kyawswehanWhat dieties do ? When trying to get knowledge from buddha they help to clear the path that's the only role they have in Buddhism. They won't bless you because they don't do any magic or blessing work they'll help you to concentrate on Buddha's teachings
Whether God exists or not does not matter to Buddhists . What matters is how to live a truly happy life.
happy? how happy wen u dont maary and beg others for food?
without God you can never find happiness
@@relaxaquaa the fact is that a lot of people who believe in God are very unhappy.
@@QuyNguyen-lm1gq oh yes human wants to live like animals they dont want limitations..whatever they need they want..Although limitations r for ur protection. think after these limitations this world is still have good people who have fear to god and they r sit back to do any sin. if all people does not fear god and punishment they become monster they can kill people they can snatch women and rape any women..i mean world will be mess. ahen u were born u did not know ur limitation and in which person u can not do sex. who told u that..yes holy books from God ..prophets messengers told this. understand the logic of God.
@@QuyNguyen-lm1gq Animals can do sex when their children grow up because they r wild..they dont know about limitations.. Every rule is from God is all about ur protection and other protection as well ..u can not do injustice with others and others also can not do injustice with u.. if u finish this udea of punishnent hell or heaven..everybody will not fear with anything...
I'm Indian (Hindu) Buddhism is most scientific dharam on earth
Islam
@@gangstersmma.9661 Nope but Religion of Piss and Stupidity for sure
@@gangstersmma.9661 islam produce terrorist
@@gangstersmma.9661 what a very conclusional things I ever read.... I don't get it....
As per ur name 😂
Some Buddhist do believe in God
But it's actually a Hindu God, but unlike Christian or Islam Buddhist believe that Non of them(the God) can help you only you can save yourself 🙄
Yes. It depends on each person.I'm Buddhist but I don't believe in any God but my parents and some of my friends believe in Hindu gods
@@ohreallyandthen189 what about in the god realm
@@ohreallyandthen189 So what are you aiming for, if not Heaven or God?
@@Filippa698 My aim is to be happy while I'm still alive. I don't care about where I am going after death. If my happiness doesn't trouble anyone.I live with the present not a fear under someone.
@@yayacentella That is a matter of those who believe and I do not believe.
Gauthama the Buddah asked not to believe in text for the sake of believing.
I am Hindu but I love teachings of Krishna and Buddha
Krishna and Buddha can't be kept in a same platform
@@himanshugedam3174 Krishan is Almighty God and budha is human
@@OfficialM-11NG true
Krisna imaginary
@@abwcreater5704 burnol chahiye🤪😜😀
In the Buddhist Cosmography, The six realms of Buddhism is divided into Gods, Titans, Humans, Animals, Hungry Ghosts and Beings of hell. The main Buddhist prayer has six syllables, Om Ma Ni Pad Me Hung. When you recite this prayer, you are basically praying for all the beings in this realm to break the cycle of rebirth and attain nirvana - This is just what i read in a book recently.
Thats nice but it still does not bring any relationships to you and your life.
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What relationship have to do with Buddhist cosmology?
foolness non sense
buddha is just a human u worship a human.
@@jasondesilva9299
Have you read the suttas?
If not then stfu
In Bengali , there are two terms, dev-devis and iswar. What he said is about dev-devis, but there is a supreme iswar. We should believe him/her.
According to buddha there gods in everyone or everything this is the real concept of hindu too even there is god in spider too but think how small is the spider is but u can learn many things from that spider like how hard they work to make the web 🕸 so there is god in everything and everyone.
Islam only has similarity with Ishwar concept.
In short: Yes, Buddhists believe in the existence of Gods; but we reject the idea that Gods and these Supreme entities play any role in dictating how our everyday life will be.
The entire religion itself was built on the story how Siddharta Gautama Buddha, a mere HUMAN obtained enlightenment without the aid of any supreme deities. He denied and rejected the horrid caste system and declared that each and every human are equally potential to become Buddhas like him as well. He did recognize the existence of God, but denied its relevance on our lives.
However they teach enlightenment or nirvana is attained through final death. So there is zero evidence Buddha attained enlightenment, since he cannot confirm it after death. A strange nonsensical religion.
Nope buddha rejects the idea of god... It's Buddhism which accepts God as fact...
Buddhist believe in god... Buddha didn't... Not even in soul... These are mahayani Buddhists...
@@jmichaelrice2 wait, I never hear final death before🤔? What is that?
he acknowledged the existence of demigods but not God with capital G as in an all powerful all knowing creator god
@@adityarajan592 You’re right. Siddharta Gautama acknowledges the existence of Gods and Devas but rejecting their roles in our lives.
Very make sense and logical explanation about something that not in the real world
I live LA and I've asked 2 Buddhists if they believe in one Supreme power or a God and they said yes. However they could have misunderstood my question.
I'm theravada buddhist and was taught buddhism from childhood. So buddha said there were gods. We should wish them merits whenever we participated in a good deed . But we don't worship gods aiming the nirwana.
Hey... Do u mind giving me ur insta? I live in a Muslim majority country so I can't really find anyone who can answer a few questions that I have about Buddhism... I just want a little help
@@ramisachowdhury3384 I can help you answers some questions based on Buddhism, I'm Theravada Buddhist friend.
@@danielchakma1353 Hello, I have a question too. Buddhist don’t worship God, but can they believe in him ?
@@lilian8977 in Theravada Buddhism there is no single GOD like Christianity/Islam hav.There are many Gods. actually Buddha did not say worship Gods..but after thousand years,modern theravada Buddhism is not same as original what Buddha taught.Due to the invasions that happened for thousands of years, in a country like Sri Lanka, Hindu religious ideas have been added to Buddhism. Therefore, many Buddhists have been tempted to worship gods and follow them. Actually this thing can happen to any religion with time. Nothing can remain unchanged with time. People add good or bad things to religions..
According to the Buddha's early teachings, gods are a group of people who are superior to humans in their good deeds. That is why they live more comfortable lives than humans and are mentally and physically stronger than us.
But the Buddha did not say that You should worship gods because they are more powerful. A Buddha comes down to the world to teach people the way to Nirvana. You can never get Nirvana because the gods followed you. Because the Nirvana that comes in Buddhism is something that you have to get on your own. Someone else can't magically give it to you. All anyone can do is tell the path to attain Nirvana.
He said that there is a category of living beings called Gods. But the Buddha also said that ordinary people like us cannot see that category of living beings with the naked eye. Yes, Buddhists can accept and believe that there are gods. If the existing Buddhists worship a certain god, it is because of the results of Hindu religious influences that have been added later.it has nothing to do with original Buddhas teachings .
I am newly converted but I agree with your view. I'm not sure if I'll ever be accepted by other Buddhists but I've seen a less negative side of life now and the things I've learned in meditation cannot be taught just simply learned in a sense and these things are beautiful, I meditated for hours the other day and didn't realize how long I was gone with my bf trying to call me, it's been amazing looking at life differently.
If you say the Buddha did not believe in God, you know nothing. Why did the Buddha call his teachings "brahmayanna" the path to the absolute. He also said he rediscovered an old path to brahman. The Buddha without a doubt understood the concept of Brahman. To say he did not believe in god is ridiculous. His wisdom predicted the fall of true Buddhism that's y a new Buddha will come n teach the truth of God ska brahman
God does not exist because anything to be understood and known on a spiritual journey can only be achieved higher along the path. As we “believe” (already the first wrong delusion/“sin” of Buddhism) in god and yet we are in an ordinary human form, we must conclude that there is no such thing as this phenomenon called “god”. “God” is a modern western word that means “Satan” in Hebrew, you’re so stupid to even attempt to label/name a deity higher than you. Gosh wake up
@@starx8775 only a fool claims god does not exist
Totally bullshit franny
Brahma is his disiple.
Great content and great information
gods are still in the cycle of earth and death ...still have some suffering ....Buddhists don't believe because they are told to ....something that doesn't fit for me with the religion of my up bringing ......I can't believe in a creator God ...without the experience of that ....to me it makes sense that oens own mind creates the world .....I was drawn to Buddhist teachings for many reasons....one being that the Buddha said do not believe because I say so, your teachers or your tradition say so..But believe when you know from your own experience that this is right and true ....and thanks Bhante, the Wimbledon buddhist temple is , in my opinion, the most peaceful place in London ..Loving kindness to all
Sheila Kirwan that isn't why the Buddha said that in the Kalama Sutta though. He was saying they were free to reject him, which they were inclined to do, but to try his teaching and see. He wasn't giving a pass to pick through the Dharma like a buffet line in a cafeteria. The Buddha made very specific and unambiguous claims about the Cosmos we live in. He taught very precise and clear doctrines about suffering and karma.
Joseph Peterson I am unclear what you are trying to say ? ?
Your reply just seemed to me like you were saying Buddhism gives you the option to reject whatever in it doesn't seem right by the standard of your personal feelings and preferences.
Joseph Peterson I meant that the Buddha said only believe when, having seen for yourself from your own experience ( from following sila , in meditation etc) that something is right and true believe it but don't just believe out of blind faith ....etc
Sheila Kirwan: Ah I see. Sorry if I seemed presumptuous. I'm just used to encountering a lot of secular Buddhists on the internet, so I expect to see them quoting that to justify rejection. I follow a traditional school and take very seriously what Buddhism historically is.
Zen Christians believe in a creator God..It's a blending of Zen Buddhism and Christianity.
I believe it’s really your choice if you want to believe in god or not.
Given all the different religions, we are obvious allowed to have our own concept of God or rules to follow. I think god is love.
Yeah it is. The fact that he gave you a free will and all. Man God is so awesome. To bad your all going to be separated from his heavenly kingdom. Hell awaits you. That doesn't sound good at all. So what do you think? By the way nothing you say or do isn't going to change the fact that every human being is going to stand before Jesus Christ
Buddhism basic is body and mind. What you think as a soul is just a stream of unrest mind.
When you meditate enough to get certain level of concentration, you can see the gap between your split seconds of mind. And you will start to realize that mind (or so called "Soul") is a series of film. Just because many frames of film are pull together very fast to show you like a movie with motion, it looked like an existential soul. In fact there isn't one.
Not faiths uphold this…
Micheal what you said stems from a western viewpoint of faith. Other faiths don’t always uphold shit like this
Architect,finally I have met you.
Buddha said
And what he was referring to as Architect is? what?
@@kyawswehan In my Opinion, Buddha had met the god ,the creator who didn't want any soul of human form to leave this world to upper level, in this term is Nirvana
Actually ,Buddha had met the Paranimmittawasawadee the King of angel who live in the sixth heaven ,the highest level of heaven in Buddhism view.
@@teoaztec3706 Nope. Craving and Ignorance. That is what he meant and this is the core of buddhism.
In my opinion Chaos, Ginnugagap, Abzu, and anothe Primordial Being before creation is GOD. But i prefer to Ginnugagap and Chaos.
I think this venerable put it in a wrong way. The right answer is: unlike other religions there is no God or creator in Buddhism. The universe comes into existence, lasts for a long time and then gets destroyed. The cycle of creation and destruction just keeps going on. That's the dhamma or natural law of this universe. And there are countless universes like this. Buddhism perfectly describes the multiverse.
gods are just beings of heavenly worlds
@@surendrasharma1798
Did you hear supernatural stories about Gautam Buddha ??
how he once crossed a river by teleport, how went to devlok and met Brahma, how he fought Kaali and how he killed "Mara"...
Dr.Ambedkar being converted to Buddhism refused to believe in rebirth, reincarnation, naraka, amaravati, devlok and other supernatural phenomena, he simply believed Buddha was an agnostic/deist/iteist and a social-engineer. read his book "Buddha and his Dhamma"...
@Pepushein gcba
Did you hear supernatural stories about Gautam Buddha ??
how he once crossed a river by teleport, how went to devlok and met Brahma, how he fought Kaali and how he killed "Mara"...
Dr.Ambedkar being converted to Buddhism refused to believe in rebirth, reincarnation, naraka, amaravati, devlok and other supernatural phenomena, he simply believed Buddha was an agnostic/deist/iteist and a social-engineer. read his book "Buddha and his Dhamma"...
He says Buddhists do not believe in an ultimate god but lesser gods which can be incarnated as human
Like in the novel Journey to the West, 2 of the main characters are lesser gods that were reincarnated as a punishment for their crime. Sanzang was one of Buddha's students who got reincarnated as a punishement for falling asleep when Buddha was teaching.
So buddha is Like The *Avatar?*
Lesser gods here is more like an "Angel" In other religion, but not an eternal one & not creator god
And it's like a Post of Presidency, where after the president's terms ended they would be "replaced" by other candidates
The same goes with these lesser gods (Angel/Deva/Nymph) once their merits are exhausted they will leave their "Post as Deva" And get reincarnated as others being (ie: human)
@@Rainasuan2023 that's literally PRO creator God. He's taking about causality
No he meant to say in divine not god as incarnation is change in form of energy
Like what we learn in physics
Living beings are form of energy and after we die energy Changes from one form to another
Energy cannot be created nor be destroyed
Is it me or does it look like that monk eats or drinks in silverware? Does he drink colloidal silver? Health condition?
In the Karandavyuha Sutra, it says that Avalokitesvara is the creator of Earth, that the sun and the moon came from his eyes, wind from his mouth, earth from his feet and water from his body. I have never heard this mentioned anywhere else in the whole religion, does anyone know about this? I find this very strange since apparently Buddhism has no creator god
Not only that a number of deities particularly Hindu deities were manifested or emnated from the Bodhisattva Avalokiteswara according to the same Sutra.
@@TharsyanJaderuby Yeah like the Hindu gods associated with the moon, sun etc. It's very interesting. I know that it's also believed especially in Vajrayana that there is the Adi-Buddha, the original buddha who everything came from. Sometimes this is Samantabhadra Buddha, sometimes Vajradhara and sometimes Vairocana. I have to say it is a very interesting concept
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i think the god he means is not the almighty god who creates the world but the god (deva or godness) who were born in a better living world since they have better karma 🙏
Buddhism basic is body and mind. What you think as a soul is just a stream of unrest mind.
When you meditate enough to get certain level of concentration, you can see the gap between your split seconds of mind. And you will start to realize that mind (or so called "Soul") is a series of film. Just because many frames of film are pull together very fast to show you like a movie with motion, it looked like an existential soul. In fact there isn't one.
In Buddhism, almighty gods are the ones who rule certain heavens such as Sakra and Brahma. Buddhists do no believe that the gods created humans life or in fact any living, non living being or thing in this universe but nature and the universe itself created this world and us
Buddhism has the concept of God as "The Ultimate Reality" and "Ground Of Being" that is within everyone and everything and behind everyone and everything. The Life Of Lord Buddha is basically the Buddhists version of The Life Of Lord Jesus: walking on water and performing other miracles, seers foretelling His Greatness in the future, Him gathering disciples (The Sangha), His Mother having a Dream before His Miraculous Birth. Buddhism is very Polytheistic. They look to themselves for Salvation (Liberation) from God.
Very wrong and rubbish view you have put forth here. Buddhism doesn’t believe in a creator super being like a sky daddy. Buddhism believes in certain forms of gods but are mostly inferior to human beings. A true Buddhist would never ever depend on such gods and they are absolutely irrelevant to one’s spiritual development and final salvation. Buddhist are seekers from within by looking within to identify human potential and to find out ways and means to trap them, sharpen them, and try to bring out the best version of you from within. Best version of you means the wisdom and method to lead a happy life and help other sentient beings to be and remain happy.
The Buddha empowered every individual human being, saying, “ you are very powerful. You haven’t realised and understood your potentials and capabilities. Explore your immense power within. Use your intelligence . Think wisely by way of applying logic, analysis, contemplation, common-sense and experiences. Depend on your own experiences, not on what others have said in the past. Be your own light. Appu Deepo Bahwa. You are all powerful. Don’t think of or indulge in begging from outside imaginary gods etc. Cultivate love and compassion for all sentient beings. Sharpen your knowledge and transform knowledge into wisdom. Take responsibility for your own happiness and miseries. You are responsible. No god, nothing from outside.
It was Buddhism that lead me to the realization of God both eminent and transcendental. I feel the presence at all times.
“There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. If, monks there were not that unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, you could not know an escape here from the born, become, made, and conditioned. But because there is an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, therefore you do know an escape from the born, become, made, and conditioned.”
Udāna 8.3
Tatiyanibbānasuttaṁ 73
nibbana
Devas (Hindus gods) is Divine Spirit like Greek gods, Norse gods, etc. Asuras (Rakshasas/Giants) is Demonic Creatures but have power like a gods. Pretas (Ghouls/Wraiths) Pretas are believed to have been false, corrupted, compulsive, deceitful, jealous or greedy people in a previous life. As a result of their karma, they are afflicted with an insatiable hunger for a particular substance or object. However, if we refrence to God in Monotheism it's difference cases. Yahweh/Allah/Ahura Mazda is One True God from Monotheism. His power is Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence. Even His creation Satan/Iblis/Angra Mainyu cannot defeated Him. I don't know but Akashic Records and Lauh Mahfuz it's kinda same to me. In my opinion is Devas or Dewa or Hyang from Hinduism (Divine Spirit) is more like a Angelic Being in Monotheism. But, Devas is more respected and worshiped in they follower's view. And i believe with Taoism Cosmology about this universe have Three Realms. Heaven (天), Mortal (人), and Hell (地). Why i prefer (地) is Hell than Earth because if Heaven is Upper World, then Hell/Inferno is Underworld. Like Takamagahara and Yomi in Japanese Shinto Cosmology.
After seeing this video I can say without a doubt why Buddhism is so similar to Hinduism bcoz actually it's an evolutionary part of Hinduism.
Sagar Sharma they copied karma
Buddhism is totally different from Hinduism
@@prince15.7 i dont know much but i read few books by narada mahathera and as a hindu i dont see much difference.
@@sagarsharma3653 hinduism is based on 33 crores gods and buddhism is based on the teaching of buddha ....Hindu gods have trishul,hammer,etc that is harmful for humanity... Whereas Buddha don't have anything but just knowledge and power to change the world 🙏🙏🙏 namo buddhay
Jameen asmaan ka farak he bhai
what is the definition of God ?
Did I understood well? According to Buddhists there is God ( one creator of all) and gods ( something like diety ) ? Correct me if I wrongly understood.
We all have to do is to respect others belief not to reply them that they have to believe what you are believing
In the Muslim world you shall believe as they do or they will kill you for apostasy.
@@crand20033 my brother, I am a christian living in the biggest mosslem country in the world, yet we are free to chose what religion we want to believe in. It's true that there might have been some persecution to the minorities, but still we live in the modern era, where everyone started to live side by side regardless what their ethincity or even their religion.
@@fanuelkailuhu7545 If I were you I would be afraid to be Christian. Most Muslims are not lenient.
@@fanuelkailuhu7545 Do not be so sure of your Muslim neighbours. Are you sure you are not a Muslim? Christians are persecuted, chased away, and killed in Muslim countries. A Muslim even threw a Christian out of the boat to Italy. They both were fleeing their country of origin. You must be living in Muslim La la land! With all respect.
Respect is nice, but it does not save! With all respect, receive Yeshua the Christ as your Savior and Lord, and Be Born Again/ Change from all sinful ways.
Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn't mean that the dead are alive but the living are dead -Ibn Khaldun
Yes blind following is bad but remember religion depends on metaphors cant take them literally yaa some texts can be taken at face value
Hell in my religion we don’t encourage blind following
Yeah blind following of any god is bad practice
Did Ibn Khaldun take his own advice?
Next religion?
Buddha nature and Christ nature are the same. Don’t get hung up on the words we use to describe the truth. There are no words to describe truth! Gain the experience itself!
@Doanh Bahai Faith
The word "DEVA" is wrongly translated as "GOD" by all scholars.
In Buddhism, There are 31 realms of existence. The Human realm is one of those.
The higher realms are of DEVAS and they too are stuck in Samsara - the cycle of Birth and Death like Humans.
They Should be called "DEVAS" in english too.
Because The Buddha had refused the existence of "GOD".
What makes the difference if you believe in GOD or Not.!
People not believing in "GOD" or believing the "GOD" both commit the crime.
Buddhism does not force you to believe in something. It helps you to improve your self and that is exactly what we need to save humanity.
Be Happy.💐
In which text "The Buddha had refused the existence of "GOD"?
@@Rainasuan2023 yes, I agree, the word 'God(s)' is too general and not representing every beliefs.
As a Buddhist I think the Christian / Muslim idea of one big "god" deity is slightly a different idea from what traditionally mean as "god" or "gods" in historical Indian and Hindu context Buddhist. Christian idea is like "the world (omnicience/omnipotence etc), it's workings and the origin of the world, which they seem to take as a person-like spirit who can be communicated with (as far as I know).
Generally there are many multiple "gods" in Buddhist traditions, and there are major ones. Some like Sakra and Brahma.
Brahma tallies somewhat with Christian "God", because both ideas are major gods and share the 'creator' quality (or that Brahma thinks he is the creator). But Brahma is not 100% tallying with "God", because of the context Buddhist gives for Brahma (e.g- he (and creatures of his realm) might have a mistaken idea that all the creatures came because of him, ??(not sure) he is a reincarnation from a person of a previous life, he is partly a subject to the status of Maraya).
Hindu idea of Brahma might also have variation from Buddhist. In Hindu I think there are also concepts of Shiva and Vishnu.
Historical Buddhist which was near India shared (or used similar) a lot of ideas relating to divinity with the Hindu traditions.
Ishwara concept of hinduism is a bit similar to Islam.
Buddhists also deny and reject the Hindu “God”, world soul, Brahman, ultimate reality, primordial source
The question is whether there is belief in one God. What he is referring to is many gods, which maybe termed as fairies or nature spirits or deities etc.
As a western Buddhist I believe Buddhism is a philosophy a way of life but I do believe there is a living God out there but I'm also inclined to believe that the Bible was severely altered by man. That the way of the Buddha learning and meditation can actually lead us to know who God really is instead of listening to man's construct of God. I believe we have God in us all but he is there to help us but he does not wish us to rely on him completely no blame the devil for every bad thing we do. I don't believe we are gods I believe that if we connect ourselves with everything existence we connect to God I believe God gave Buddha the wisdom that he had to teach us how to climb out of the darkness that is the social construct people have built.
There is only one god
Creatd things can never b god
River
Animls
Humans
Material
Thery are nt god
They requird god to be sustain
There is no such thing like GOD
Did you hear supernatural stories about Gautam Buddha ??
how he once crossed a river by teleport, how went to devlok and met Brahma, how he fought Kaali and how he killed "Mara"...
Dr.Ambedkar being converted to Buddhism refused to believe in rebirth, reincarnation, naraka, amaravati, devlok and other supernatural phenomena, he simply believed Buddha was an agnostic/deist/iteist and a social-engineer. read his book "Buddha and his Dhamma"...
Ambaedkar was a maha chutiya insaan
Nope Buddha didnt kill mara. Only defeated.out of the five maras ony one marq is a being.
@@surendrasharma1798 You are the worst person on the internet!
Ambedkar literally made stuff up.
More like spirits and deities I believe, terminology differences?
A deity that governs the first layer of Earth, 2nd realm of the skies etc etc.
Spirits in the mountains, in rivers, in the forest etc etc etc.
Google "Buddhist Wheel of Life". Useful depiction of the basic concepts of the system/ecosytem/life cycle in Buddhism.
In the ultimate sense of the word, Buddha is God.
If you use it like that, sadly you messed up really bad...
I know in simplest way, it's the easiest way to convey or understand it, but Buddha itself is a human, the difference is he was already enlightened.
So the concept of God is different. So you can say God is love.
No. Love is a concept. Gods are existing they are living being.
@@gihanchandimal Oh yeah? Show me your invisible man in the sky.
God isnt a man or female and is real and so jesus no need for buddha just prayer and faith
@@gihanchandimal Show me. After we do some drugs.
It was foreseen and written in temples predicting the coming of Jesus Christ approximately 500 yrs after Buddha lived.
لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له و الحمد لله على نعمة الاسلام
Exactly what I have been believing. Humans who have accumulated a lot of good karma will be born as gods or devas who need to accumulate more good karma to attain nirvana. These gods or devas can protect us through divine intervention. They are still part of the karmic cycle
So Sad. So many earthly Children don’t know their spiritual father /mother 😢 After watching Thousands of NDE they are all were greeted and held like a baby by a mass of blinding white light communicating with them. ‘That’s our creator’ 🥰🥰🥰 IF YOUR KNOW WHERE YOUR FROM YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR GOING 💙😇💙
Can you please explain me more? What is God, Who is God, Does God Exist? What the purpose of life? Is there an afterlife?
It's a useless question. For example Dinasour existed on earth? It's of no use. Focus should be on morality Dhamma and not God.
Then you are suggesting you believe in such a thing as good, which implies a moral law, in which to differentiate between good and evil. If there is a moral law, then there is a moral law giver.
@@gregariousguru Some times moral law is given by society, sometime by nation and some time you have to decide what is good or bad.
No it is not a useless qstn. According to islam it is most important. This world is temperary. There is a life here after this hell anx heaven
@@zehra-dl6zo it is not possible to create living space for 200 crore people, all dead in past and those who will die in future, either a jail or a luxury hotel, and every thing is invisible with all satelite, telescope, now we have video recording mobile, such a mighty creator of hell and heaven can send video clip of this place and end all speculation, he will never do as its imaginary, nothing is real
@@deepakkumr our god has no form. He is all powerful. He is all mighty. It is said " there is none like him"
And he created us. This world is a test.there is a purpose for everything.
When we look at everything here, we can see a creater, if we look at a beautiful portrait, there would be the sign of artist at below. But it is not neccesary to see the artist.
Like that all the prophets are sign from god.holy books are sign from god.
I think you have a misconception like Islam evolve only after Prophet Muhammad.thats false.but islam complts aftr prophet mhmmd.
Islam evolve at the moment he created the first human being in earth.
Allah sent 125000 prophets ( not god) to us as a sign from us.
But only 25 prophets were mentioned by name in quran.
buddha May or may not be one of the prophet of allah( god).
You may wonder then why he dont teach many principle of allah.still he taught many.
If a child want to be doctor.but he haas to go through kg, 1st std 2 nd std, degree etc. so Allah knows when he sends it earlier cant directly grasps the complete message of Quran .
every other holy books before was for a particular period of time
and for a particular type of people.
and Quran is the final revelation of Allah and it is well guarded by its on creative
there is no corrections no changes in Quran it is like as it is revealed till the end of world
I am a muslim which I believe that there is God created the whole universe and I think christians also same to me but the religion of buddism is not logic, how come many gods hahhaa , God logically only one
forcing other to accept your logical understanding is not a Islamic way at all..learn to respect others and ppl will do the same to u..im sure u dont want your God@religion@prophets to be mock at either,so stop belittling others as according to your belief im sure someone has taught u that "hidayah" is a gift from the Almighty,perhaps those who u belittle would be granted "hidayah" and they end up in heaven but...u??? Do u know where will u end up?
By gods, Buddhists mean heavenly beings. There are infinite heavenly beings living in infinite heavens spread across infinite world systems and nobody created all these worlds.
Islam is the most illogical religion where God provides heavenly prostitutes to suicide bombers.
you really did not understand the video lol or you just commented without watching the video
I think you should respect other religions and thats what the Quran teaches you . Mocking and laughing at other people belief and religion is very rude.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Would you be so passionate about your God if there was no promise of a glorious life after death?
Would you fear him if there was no threat of an eternity of pain and torment?
What if your God just delivered a message of peace and wisdom and his philosophy on death was eternal peace with no afterlife?
Would you remain faithful to him or would you seek another God who promised bliss or retribution after your demise?
Would you still worship a God who didn't claim the ability to heal all your ills and rescue you from the vagaries and pitfalls of life?
If you decide to discard the old God of the carrot and stick and begin to appreciate the philosophy and wisdom of a new entity who doesn't promise anything but internal peace and understanding then Congratulations, you are on your way to becoming a Buddhist and your new life will be better. Blessed be.
My Ma once told me that the Buddha looked for a place for him to be taught by God, which was the bodhi tree.
How did she know? Was she under the Bodhi tree at that time with Buddha?
@@ohreallyandthen189 lol 🤣
Because back then you were a kid.. hahaha. But I would say your mom is not clever. She totally distorted whatever buddhism teachings. She just created another religion. Haha!
I'm Buddhist and I believe in God
so if i believe in GOD CAN I STILL CHANT THIS OR IS THAT AGAINST GOD
I'm Buddhist and I don't believe in any god.
Same Sudha, Amitabha and Hallelujah
Jesus stated, "Believe in God, believe also in me. I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one goes to the Father, but by me."
You can't believe in Buddhist and God at the same time.
As a bhuddist
I don't know that god exists or not
Can someone tell me what is god and what is religion?
God is the Creator who created everything. And religion is a belief system of worshipping the supernatural.
this is true. we as Buddhists know the existence of gods. but we don't think God created earth and humans. our belief in God is entirely different. so others might not fully understand it. we believe in rebirth. depending on your karma you may be born as a human/animal/spirit/gods in heaven. if you did good deeds on this life you may have a better life on your rebirth ( like a god in heaven or human on earth) but if you do bad deeds you may have a life on your rebirth. (animal/human in a bad state / or in hell). but the main focus of Buddhism is to avoid this rebirth. rebirth occurs due to the attachment we have to materials. achieving " nirvana " means you successfully managed to detach yourself from this materialism. people who achieve " nirvana" will never be born again. Buddhism teaches how to achieve "nirvana" and how to live a good life as a human being. "Buddha" means the person who attains this "nirvana" first and teaches Buddhisms first. "Buddhist monks " are the followers of Lord Buddha and they spread the word of buddha while trying to achieve "nirvana".
Buddhism has something for everyone. its teachings are more of a philosophy than a religion. Buddhism doesn't force anyone into religion. Buddhism teaches "come and see for yourself". if you are interested in Buddhism, research yourself more. if there's anything good you want to add into your life from Buddhism, embrace them to live a good life as a human being.
this is just a very very basic explanation for those who are interested in Buddhism.
every religion is different and my religion Buddhism teaches to respect every religion
Your comment embodies the entire essence of Buddhism. From how we never rejected Gods to how our lives are not supposed to be 'controlled' by Gods, but rather from the actions from our concise. '
Buddhism does not force religion to everyone, but rather invites you to experience for yourself'
Loved this sentence, as a Buddhist as well.
I am Buddhist , and i believe GOD!!
All buddhist in indonesia, believe GOD!!!
@rusdi kurniawan what is your concept of God?
Siapa nama penciptamu?
Must accept it, if not they won't be there.
Luckily, Buddhist sure have a concept of One God, but somehow different.
Inner spiritual self is god I am one of those beings however I have kundalini and I need help maintaining it I’m out of control please help lmao fr I’m serious 💪🏾
Buddhism basic is body and mind. What you think as a soul is just a stream of unrest mind.
When you meditate enough to get certain level of concentration, you can see the gap between your split seconds of mind. And you will start to realize that mind (or so called "Soul") is a series of film. Just because many frames of film are pull together very fast to show you like a movie with motion, it looked like an existential soul. In fact there isn't one.
@@kyawswehan I experienced this but I was unsure what the hell it was but what am I to observe the “film, split seconds of thoughts”
@@ty.bonsai4109 why dont you just go Isha. I dont think you will find in youtube. Masters are required, really.
Why do I have emotions why can I decide the course of my life? I am in control but I live with consequence, regardless good or bad, like a game of chess. I am a Baptist Christian and I believe in this world their are souls of good and bad nature and we are all streams of life through god, I have dreams of being people entering my life even strangers and i end up meeting them, but later in the future. I swear Netflix is involved everything I watched I felt familiar with is life. Literally Netflix and each movie and episode a different reality, reality is nothing but perspective. That I am aware of. I feel as though Netflix is a portal into realities because not only did I have predicted dreams of the shows but I was always a main character or the second character but starting of in the dream I observe before becoming oneself. And the more I did this myself became less and less familiar, I am a humble person but I grasp on pride to maintain reality, confidence is key to me... “ i am human” and doing so you have to remember your origin at all times. And I feel if you gain control of “divinity it is a sin, a tool of witchcraft but when I was forgiven by Jesus in my dream I felt a thorn rope around my heart and a burst of blue flame, refreshing forgiveness, as a child of god I remain eternal life, even if it is repeated I believe your existence is heaven, the good the bad you’ll miss it all if Devine or dead, sadly.
This is very true from the enlightment of Buddha.Sa dhu.
who started everything if there is no God?
So why it must be God.
It doesn’t have to be the Christian God though I think it is. But it does have to be something with the attributes of the Christian God, transcendent out side of time space matter energy personal powerful. 🙂
Then who created your God?
Surendra Sharma He exists necessarily like a number. I admit it’s hard to wrap your head around but no more than our existence. For anything to exist there had to be an unmoved mover. Something uncontingent. (Not sure uncontingent is a word)
@@wakeg40
According to Buddhism, there are 26 levels of heavens and gods living in heavens beyond 7th heaven consider themselves to be the creator.
There is a story in Buddhism about one such self proclaimed creator living in 9th level of heaven who was schooled by Buddha and later understood his folly after he lost to Buddha in psychic power demonstration.
Also it is illogical for un8verse to have a being who came out of nowhere and created out of nothing, it contradicts Buddhist law of karma.
we should fight because of GOD. God is just creating by the human. God come and go. Change his name as we do. I believe god is Karma. Which is mean just work. It just divided by two (Good Deeds &Bad deeds). I create my karma, and my deeds or karma will lead me their where i wanna go. So, I am my own creator. I create the go myself. I create the Karma myself. Finally, I create my karma but at the end of the day, Karma becomes my GOD. So, Karma is GOD.
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0:06 That entirely depends on the Buddhist. 0:25 Exactly! 0:33 Not different. Differently worded.
my mom is buddist but she does not beleive in god or even jesus i wanna pray but she dont let me
There is no creator (god- in buddisum.
all the universe is mental illution that does not reqire a creator.
In order to have illusion, we must have a mind. Are you sure you have yours?
You are real as God is also real. What in the world are you talking about?! Get a grip and call on the person who gives a SOUND mind. His name is Yeshua the Christ!
Jesus Christ?
Sanjey dd yeshua means Jesus
Are you an illusion too then? If so you hold no rights whatsoever as a human being because you are not human but an illusion. But your being confesses that you exist, think, learn, grow, suffer. If you are aware of your existence that existence is from God or better said there is no existence other than The one existence call it whatever you want.
Who speaks for every Buddhist ? Not me . Doesn't the journey depend on ones individual effort and free choice ? How can one legislate\arbitrate mystery ,intuition , enlightenment ? He that claims to know , knows nothing ; He that claims nothing knows ?
Whatever the monk has super powers
Either we have a designer or we don’t
There is no other way around this question
Btw question in this video is some sort of gods, as in powerful beings.
Designers? No we don't.
Buddhism is a branch of Sanatan Dharm (Hinduism)
@@50subscriberswithoutavedie57 no kehne se kya hoga,yahi sacchai hai, accept the truth, otherwise u will find urself nowhere.
@@50subscriberswithoutavedie57 who are u
The word sanantana dhamma itself is copied from the Buddhist Dhammapada
What a joke.
@@maharaja1910 😂 tuck ur self thats what u can do cause u have no knowledge
Buddhism denies the existence of the supreme God or Creator. But they acknowledge the existence of gods (devas). Generally Buddhists don't usually worship them but some traditions do, like in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand. Yet it's a personal choice to worship them, and not really mandatory in the Buddhist doctrine.
The main focus on Buddhist teachings is liberation or Nirvana. God or gods are never the goal.
The goals depends on the person, but yes you're right
So like someday the God of the river/sun will turn into a human? Someone explain please 😭
Buddhism basic is body and mind. What you think as a soul is just a stream of unrest mind.
When you meditate enough to get certain level of concentration, you can see the gap between your split seconds of mind. And you will start to realize that mind (or so called "Soul") is a series of film. Just because many frames of film are pull together very fast to show you like a movie with motion, it looked like an existential soul. In fact there isn't one.
Buddhists believe in the Vedic deities. They are the protectors of the teaching and the Buddha during his life. Like Indra/Zeus for example. They also assist us, the practitioners in the world. Some of the deities have taken refuge in the Triple Gem.
Joseph Peterson
Devas are just higher forms of life, living in heavenly worlds.
They can be Buddhist. They can also be minions of Mara.
Surendra Sharma yes. The Dharma protects the practitioner against evil...
The Vamalakirti scripture tells us how to tell Lord Indra for example apart from Mara. Lord Indra will never tell a person to go against their ethics, so when Mara in the guise of Indra told a disciple to do something against the teaching- that isn't Lord Indra.
Joseph Peterson
Yes, but Mara is so powerfull that even devas along with Indra can't recognize him.
Joseph Peterson
I was curious where are u from?
This is very illogical view of gods
hamza saeed
And you people believe in God because its written in a book lol, is that a Logic?
@Atheist, gorkha Li
Im a Thai buddhist and you both got it right.
The way this monk explanied it makes things extra confusing.
@Atheist
I am a Buddhist who has read all the nikayas and before lecturing me on Buddhism, better study Nikaya first instead of studying Ambedkar's books.
Buddhism is based on Buddha's words, not that of Ambedkar's.
Any one who believes in the god of Abraham has an illogical view of a god.
Natural is god everything have born - born and end finally nothing forever
Also our body not belong to us one day this weak body will old and die and back to natural, remain only our spirit still stand lost and stuck ...is the buddha work for help us not geting lost by practice our spirit. This way i learn since i born in thailand.
I read the father of the prince who became Buddha, shielded him from religion. Shouldn't this make you question the validity of buddhism?
If his father shielded him from religion (which he most certainly did not), what on earth does that have to with anything?
Siddartha Gautama then went on to be the most ascetic of ascetics and mastered the teachings of several different traditions before becoming a Buddha when he realized that the theology of his time was lacking.
The Father isn't shielding him from religion, what he shielding him from is the truth or awareness of aging, sick, die, and monks.
Im Buddhist but i believe in God
Me too
Yesss!!! Me too!! All Buddhist in indonesia, believe in god.
Do you believe God as a creator?
@@maichyang2912 yes
@@rusdikurniawan3687 salam serumpun bro
A lot similar to Hinduism.
As we all know, buddhism has emerged from hinduism. Lord Buddha was a born hindu..we have a respect for both sister religions 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕉
@@Rainasuan2023 there are a lot of similarities between Hinduism and buddhism...cz buddhism has emerged from Hinduism...lord buddha was a hindu by birth...his birth name was gautam....and hindus only have one god-vishnu....all others are not gods, others are devtas( semi Gods), avatars , etc...not gods
@@Rainasuan2023 no
Yes, some concepts were borrowed from Hinduism and we can never deny that Siddharta Gautama was a Hindu prior to achieving enlightenment. However, he was the first to reject the concept of the caste system, declaring that everyone have the potential equally to become enlightened like him; and he also rejected the idea that Gods and Supreme Deities can affect our daily lives.
So does Hinduism and Buddhism share any similarities? Definitely.
However, the core belief and the basic doctrines are completely opposite one to another.
@@gp2779 hinduism does not have a caste system...hinduism caste sytem was initially flexible...it was based on occupation, rather than birth...but later on it became fixed...it is social evil which came later..original hindu books dont allow caste system..only later books were either tampered or misunderstood to bring caste system....secondly, a lot of stories and dieties in both religion are same...in the end no body knows which religion is true..but its is to be thought that if lord buddha believed in rebirths and nirvana, them why can not the god and devtas affect our lives? how can rebirths work on their own
@@gauravpdaksh I see, no wonder the caste system is so frowned upon. I'm glad that the caste system is no longer practiced by the Indian community in our country (Malaysia), and I sure hope that the caste system would be able to disintegrate up to a point that no one shall be seen inferior to another in India as well. Thank you for the additional information on the origin of the caste system!
If god can die that is not god.. That is unknown creature or undiscovered life form.. What makes God a God is immortality..
and such a god who is immortal doesn't exist.
The core principle of Buddhist belief is Kama, not God. The Buddha is just a teacher Guru. As the Buddha states in one of Pali verses as Kama is the main creator, cause of birth and death (Samsara), Kama is a network that makes us stuck in the Samsara and Kama is the relatives of all beings. Moreover, Kama determines people to be bad and good. Also the Buddha does mention about deities, heaven and hell but the deities here are different from God in other religions. He states that these deities are still under controlled and dictated by Kama like us because those who commit good Kama will go to heaven whereas those who commit bad Kama will go to hell. Metta
Jesus is the answer .
@O M haha can't believe people still believe abt that tales
A eremite Hebrew monk. Jesus a monk himself. The powers of Christ come from thinking
Jesus is the Avatar of Hindu God Lork Krishna and Lord Buddha is Avatar of Lord Vishnu In Dashavtar
@Youngten Tamang I am not Mad I think you should know the History of Dashavtar Search it in Internet
@Youngten Tamang And it was also written that Lord Buddha will birth on the earth before his birth
God, is one without partner
He is not talking about God but about devas
I see that Buddhist belief is the truth, no impositions no uncertainty, because the Christians and Muslims belief in one God a creator that cannot be ascertained rather they says it must be so. And again people need to know the God and of their creator themselves and not to be shown by another. Since it cannot be seen in reality then you don't need to force or impose what does not exist into people, God or gods are of spiritual realms and we are of physical world so the difference is as big as fire and water.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu🙏
Ne mo da sa Pak ka wei tao ah ra hot tao sa ma sa buth da sa. Ne mo da sa pak ka wei tao ah ra hottao sa ma sa buth da sa. Ne mo da sa pak ka wei tao ah ra hot tao sa ma sa buth da sa . Buddha bless you 🙏 ❤
Sadhu is a synonym for buddha
As budh means mind
Budha means awakened one .
Who has got to upper conciousness
We hindus call him as Gautam aor siddhartha
Sadhu siddhartha
No God only good karma
I want to change my religion into Buddhisms.
What should i do?
sagnik das why
As becoz Budha's path makes my mind to reach nirvana
Yes Gods there, But buddha also a man. Buddha is not a god. Gods with certain kind of beings with such capacity. God also an existence in the cycle. Man is above god.
Meet a good buddhist teacher. Buddhists never ever perceive you to be a buddhist. Buddha also taught "don't follow my teachings because of any reason; unless understanding by your self". also any time you can exit from it. Meet a good Teacher.
I'm a Christian
Jae Mariah
So f**** off
Jae Mariah
What are u doing at Buddhist video?
Surendra Sharma I want to know if Buddhist people go to heaven
Jae Mariah
Buddhists believe in 31 planes of existence( out of which 26 levels are heavens). We believe that afterlife depends on karma. If our karma is meritorious, then we are reborn in lower heavens. If we have practiced meditation and attained jhanas, then we are reborn in higher heavens. If we have lived an evil life, then we are reborn as animals, ghost or demons in hells.
dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=31_planes_of_existence
Surendra Sharma what are jhanas?
Lord Buddha didn't answer to questions about God because it's not it's not important.
But Lord Buddha rejected creation and Supreme God theory. According to the Buddhism, Gods are creatures in heavens. They aren't creators, almighty or immortal.
This is what Lord Buddha said about Supreme creator God.
"if the pleasure and pain that beings feel are caused by the creative act of a Supreme God, then the Nig@ṇṭa$ surely must have been created by an €vi| Supreme God, since they now feel such painful, racking, piercing feelings."
- Majjhima nikãya, Devadahasanyutta, 101 -
"So, then, owing to the creation of a supreme deity, men will become murderers, thieves, unchaste, liars, slanderers, abusive, babblers, covetous, malicious and perverse in view. Thus for those who fall back on the creation of a god as the essential reason, there is neither desire nor effort nor necessity to do this deed or abstain from that deed."
- Anguththara nikãya -
This is what Gautama Bodhisattva (in previous births of Lord Gautama Buddha) said about Supreme creator God.
"He who has eyes can see the sickening sight,
Why does not Brahmā set his creatures right?
If his wide power no limit can restrain,
Why is his hand so rarely spread to bless?
Why are his creatures all condemned to pain?
Why does he not to all give happiness?
Why do fraud, lies, and ignorance prevail?
Why triumphs falsehood-truth and justice fail?"
- Bhuridatta Jathaka, 543 -
"If there exists some Lord all powerful to fulfil
In every creature bliss or woe, and action good or ill;
That Lord is stained with sin.
Man does but work his will."
- Mahabodhi Jathaka, 523 -
"If Brahma is lord of the whole world and Creator of the multitude of beings, then why has he ordained misfortune in the world without making the whole world happy; or for what purpose has he made the world full of injustice, falsehood and conceit; or is the lord of beings evil in that he ordained injustice when there could have been justice?"
- Jathaka, 208 -
To believe in an emotional God is dogmatic. To have self realization to the path of enlightenment or bliss or moksa is Dharma or Dhamma. HUMAN natural being is Dharma. Human Being exist to learn through life experience in this world of samskara/disorder to find balance in the physical, emotional and spiritual body. Believing in a someone is to hv expectation and Budhism is all about not having expectation but to live in the present and live in oneness to the Absolute or Brahman.
Not really, I don’t think you know what dogmatism is
@@Psychedlia98 Then explain what dogma is?
I think the Buddha doesn't want us to focus on god existent because it will cause more harm than good. If we do what we suppose to do on here earth and live a righteous life then god will come to us at the end anyway, so why fret about his existence in this moment in time. But GOD does exist!!
In am hindu and there is same concept of as buddhism. Many gods earth goddess cycle of birth rebirth. God also born as human (avtar) and hindu consider buddha as 9th avtar(incarnation) if supreme lord Vishnu. As Rama(7th avatar) and krishna(8th avtar).
Also kalki is upcoming avatar of lord vishnu who will be born in shambhala village of india in bramhin family(similary in buddhism next buddha know as mitreya buddha will be born in shambhala village of india in bramhin family). Also there is many hindu god also mentioned in buddhist text.
buddha as 9th avtar(incarnation) if supreme lord Vishnu. -> Buddha has ended his circle of rebirth. So that is? Vishnu also ended there?
@@kyawswehan first of all vishnu's rebirth cycle is endless. Whenever world need them they come to world in different forms.
Second thing buddha is avtara of vishnu vishnu is not avatara of anyone so he never born never die
But buddha is avatara so he born as human and die as human when world no more require him
Third thing buddha never say he end his rebirth cycle infact according to buddhism buddha will reborn as maitreya(kalki) buddha in sambhala village of india in bramhin family as warrior.
@@rohanthakkar9119 AHha. Buddha reborn?? Pls dont create another religion.
@@kyawswehan this mentioned in buddhist scriptures. If you have any problem about it ask to buddhist people why they mentioned this in scripture.
And if you have any doubt atleast search on google about Maitreya buddha. Or go and buy buddhist scriptures and read yourself. Don't oppose anyone blindly when you know nothing
@@rohanthakkar9119 Which Scripture are you talking about? Pls don't say things you dont even know.
Buddhist are confused about the idea of God and Christian’s believe a man was God. Buddhism lead me to God realization and now I do not believe in God, I know their is a presence within and without that is God.
God means father. In any dictionary
OK, so my father was God. He's is long gone.
One and only creator
Silly question
Nothing called "belief" - it means it exists, but we are uncertain
Seek. IF it exists, then we can say we have experience or proof
Belief system is stupid
As a human being nobody seen the God, we just have stories of God by words in every religious holy book. There are no any proof or logical answer.
There are people that can argue it from a logical standpoint, you can reach any conclusion logically. You have metaphysical thinking on this
I thought Buddhism is closer to atheism than any other religion