[Buddha-l] the existence of God in Buddhism

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

Are Buddhists Atheists? 

A less conventional way of looking at it -
http://www.moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=659

(written to demonstrate how hard it is to define Buddhism w.r.t. gods)

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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Wong Weng Fai
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] the existence of God in Buddhism



On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Ilana Maymind wrote:

> I wonder if anyone could comment on the highlighted?

A lot of the gods in Hinduism can be found in Buddhism. Do they count as
supernatural divinities? Also, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have
supernatural powers and are beyond our realms. Do these count? I hope
the others on this forum can help me out as it is so important to be
defined as a religion or else everything Buddhist will collapse!!!
*NOT!*

Nah... what's in a label... call it what you will - "God", "gods",
"religion", "pooh"...

W.F. Wong



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