Buddha and God, what is the connection?

Question

I am interested in learning more about buddhist. Is chanting for enlightenment? Do you believe in the same God that muslims and christians worship? I think you do, am I correct? NO ANSWERS FROM RELIGIOUS FANATICS PLEASE.

Answer 1

Sorry, I am not fluently in english. But I try to do a best answer.
Buddha is mean people (man) with perfect enlightement.
No direct connection between Buddha and God.
Buddha beleive in god. He don't give a name for his god. (At that time, no one has a name for their god). Buddha realise god or name is only a predicate, but god don't want to be predicated.
Chanting is a tool used by people to make their body, soul, mind to be clear, calm. But not make people feel lazy, not ambigious, weak. Chanting is a tool to make budhism thinking about Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Body ,mind, and soul should follow these. Take a note that Buddha's teaching without a word of "DON"T" (we get for what we did).Buddha tell to his fellow to be always sharp in thinking, doing, saying. but not hurt people.
Chanting for enlightenment is correct, for who doing like Buddha, Dharma, Sangha do.
Yes, I'm beleive in the same god that muslims and christians, since god always teach me to be good person and a person after death. All I get for all i did, All I'll get for what I do.

Answer 2

Actually, Buddha was a man and not a god. His real name was Siddartha Gotama and he reached enlightenment. Not everyone reaches enlightenment, according to some Buddhists, but others say every time they meditate, a person reaches enlightenment.

Chanting helps to balance the body. This is done by chanting om. Meditation helps with enlightenment. As a Buddhist, I do not believe in a god but the great thing about Buddhism is that you learn tolerance to where you accept everyone's view.

Answer 3

Buddhism is a religious worldview in which a particular mortal human being is said to have reached a level of enlightenment called nirvana in which that person no longer can cause harm to another creature. I guess. That's what I read. Its all based on on e man's claim ,in which there is no evidence for. As for Christians and Muslims, they do NOT worship the same God. Not even close. People who say different have never read a bible or koran.

Answer 4

This is true: Buddhists do not worship any god. Also, I do hope you realize that by requesting fanatics not to answer, you will inevitably provoke fanatics to do just the opposite. Sorry, that's just how things work around here. If you don't want a religious fanatic to answer, that's practically an impossibility. You might try making sure that your questions are very calm and, well, not provocative. (In this case, I think you were fine before you instructed fanatics not to answer. =D)

Answer 5

I'm a Christian, but I think the foundation for most of the religions of the world is love. That's the only reason we're here - to give and receive love.

I'm a fan of Pema Chodron, who is an American Buddhist nun. She is also one of my favorite authors. Right now, I'm reading her book, 'Comfortable with Uncertainty - 108 teachings'. I love her work.

You might want to read books on the Buddhist religion. Some may disagree, but I believe we all worship the same God, we just use different avenues to do that.

Answer 6

Buddhism does not assert that God exists or does not exist.

Buddhism's basic premises are

(1) that life is at its core an avenue of suffering;

(2) That the cause of suffering is longing (often translated as hunger or craving);

(3) That an end of suffering is possible;

(4) Suffering can be brought to an end by following the eight-fold path:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path

Each individual is responsible for their own adherence or variation from these truths, but there is no judgment placed on them should they choose to follow a different path. As the Buddha said:

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."

Answer 7

Buddhists do not believe in God. They feel it is not necessary. They belive in reincanation. The one connection that Buddha and God share is that God created Budda, or Siddhartha Guatama who was an ordinary man, born to a rich family, who in search of meaning abandoned his wife and infant daughter to 'find himself'. He discovered some realities in life... that people die, and that there is great poverty. That was a new concept for the rich kid. He tried for 6 years to live an asthetic life style and finally gave up and returned to his wealth, but with new ideas that eventually became a new world relgion. A sad but true story.

Answer 8

buddhists believe that knowing yourself is the way to attain enlightenment, which is becoming the Buddha. You don't chant for enlightenment, you chant as a way of meditating, which can then bring you to a state called satori--or enlightenment, as mentioned.

Answer 9

Well I have to say both are only as flawed or perfect as their interpretations.

I do not define the Buddhist take on God as being Aethiest. But I agree with that interpretation, mine is just broader.

The big problems people (including Buddhists) have with God are 1) a conscious eternal being with a personality and omniscience and 2) God dictates moral behavior.

The way I see it, Buddhism and Christianity are one in the same, just different forms of analysis of the same thing. Both are ultimately about enlightenment and ascension (the way I interpret it). One calls it going to heaven, becoming one with God vs eternal separation from God, the other calls it becoming one with everything and separating yourself from your needs.

In reality both are about escaping th corporeal world of the flesh and bonds that come with it. We are trapped in these bodies but our spirits/souls are eternal, part of a much greater system or power in the universe, one that is physically beyond our comprehension. So we come up with shorthand for describing it, and I think Buddhism says it one way and Christianity another, each addressing it ways that are relevant to humans at different stages of cultural development. That doesn't mean one comes before another, it means in any order they round each other out.

The problem with God as a conscious sentient being with a personality is people can't grasp it. I can't even grasp it on that scale, even though there is plenty of AI research that shows how our own consciousness and sentience can arise naturally through emergence.

Ultimately all religions are about religious experiences - through ritualistic exercise one seeks an epiphany great enough to carry them to their grave.

A Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says, "Make me one with everything"

Answer 10

Buddhism is nontheistic. You could also say agnostic.
However, buddhists are usually pretty empathetic and compassionate towards theists . You want find to many angry-atheists among buddhists. A good place to start learning about it would to look up buddhism at wikipedia.

Namaste