About Buddism?

Question

Do Buddist believe that Budda created heaven and earth as Christians believe God did?

Answer 1

Buddhism is the only major religion which acknowledges a large area of ignorance about external matters. Unlike other religions, it does not even attempt to answer questions like 'What is the purpose of life, the universe and everything?' . Buddhism regards such questions as at best unanswerable and probably intrinsically meaningless. The only purpose of life is what we personally give to our own lives. Buddha suggested that the most meaningful use of life was to seek liberation from ignorance, suffering and the cycle of samsaric rebirth, both for one's self and others. But this 'meaning' does not reside 'in the sky' or in any way outside of the individual, and it cannot be imposed, but must be freely chosen.
Most other religions go further than Buddhism, and if asked 'What is the purpose of life, the universe and everything?' will usually come up with an answer along the lines of 'To fulfil the will of God.'
This invites the further question of 'What is the will of God', which usually brings forth an answer to the effect that 'God's will is to create life, the universe and everything'.

There is a common belief that the need for God as an explanation of the unknown has been eliminated by science. This may well be so, but not all religions believe in a 'God of the gaps'. Buddhism can get along quite happily without needing to speculate on the existence or non-existence of a First Cause. The real threat to all religions comes not from the closing of the gaps which God used to occupy (such as origin of the species), but from the doctrine of mechanistic materialism, which teaches that there is no spiritual dimension to human life. Buddhism at present seems to be the only coherent philosophical system which is capable of resisting materialism and emphasising human spiritual potential.
Most religions teach that they are the one true path to salvation and all those people who chose (or were brought up in) the wrong paths will be judged by the True Religion's Founder and thrown into hell. This doctrine is known as exclusivism or judgementalism. Buddhism is not exclusivist. To a Buddhist any person guided in their activities by compassion is regarded as following a beneficial spiritual path.
Within the various schools of Buddhism there is a great deal of variation in the belief in a Supreme Being. Beliefs range from atheism, through agnosticism, monotheism ('ground of being') up to multifaceted aspects of Enlightened Mind.
One of the preponderant deities of Tibet is actually a Goddess - Tara, the compassionate rescuer and Holy Mother. She is often seen as being equivalent to the Virgin Mary in the Christian pantheon.
At a more philosophical rather than devotional level, there are certain difficulties with accepting the Judeo-Christian idea of an omniscient, omnipotent, logically necessary being or First Cause. Within Buddhist philosophy this view of God would be regarded as suffering from a number of internal logical contradictions, and possibly a rather dubious politically motivated history.

Answer 2

christians know God did. becuase he did.but no buddists think that budda was a teacher.sid arthor was his real name i dont know if that is how it is spelled though. but to ur q the answer is no

Answer 3

I would like to mention down a guess made by a Muslim scholar.
He says that Zulkifl PBUH (A messenger of God whose name is mentioned in Holy Quran) is infact Budha. He says

"It was just a guess, not sure. The logic behind the guess is that Gotum Budh was the prince of State Kapal Wastu, and in Arabic “Zu (beginning portion of Zulkifl)” means “wala”. So Zulkifl means “a person of Kifl”. Moreover in Arabic, word “P” is not pronounced and in place of it “F” is pronounced, hence kapul converts into Kifl. So the prince of Kapul wastu means Zulkifl"

BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT BUDHISM IS THE RELIGION OF THE MUSLIM GOD. WE CAN SAY THAT THE FOLLOWERS OF THE ZULKIFL OR BUDHA CHANGED HIS ACTUAL PREACHING QUITE SIMILAR TO JESUS'S CONDITION.

Answer 4

To quote Somerset Maugham in The Razors Edge. "It doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter." A complete Buddhist philosophy in a nutshell.