Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Do Buddhists believe in a god?

If by “god” one means a creator of the universe or a being guiding ultimate human fate, then Buddhists do not believe in such. Buddhism emphasises the concept of conditional causation where everything in this world comes into being according to different sets of causes and conditions. Plants and flowers grow spring, summer, autumn and winter constitute the yearly cycle of the four seasons human beings go through the process of birth, old age, illness and death.

1 comment:

  1. Hello! Mr.Viplove Ukey

    I have one question that I am going to ask you to elaborate on. The Buddha teaches of Titthayatana, or 3 spheres of wrong views or non-Buddhist beliefs.

    1.Pubbekatavada: A determinist theory that whatever is experienced is due to past actions.
    2.Issarakaranavada: A determinist theory that whatever experienced is due to the creation of a Supreme being or God.
    3.Ahetuvada: An indeterminist theory that whatever is experienced is uncaused and unconditioned or accidentalism.

    My question is what is the difference between the first Titthayatana (Past action determinism) and the fact that all beings fall under the rule of Karma? I have a difficulty understanding this and would be very grateful for a precise elaboration.

    P.S. I did not type the Pali-Roman word transformation properly because I don't have the Pail typing system.

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