Is it true that Buddhism does not believe in personal God?

Answer 1

Buddhism does not believe in a personal God. Lord Buddha denounced idol worship. Buddhism arose as a reaction against the evils of Hinduism. Hindu priests believed that offerings had to be made to idols in order to attain blessings. the poor could not afford it and hence they felt dejected. It is no wonder that Buddhism attracted the poor Hindus. They felt empowered by Buddhism. Buddhism states that each one of us can attain Nirvana, there is a force within us that will guide us to salvation. Personal gods are not present in Buddhism but there are various deities, patron Gods et al.

Answer 2

The Buddha pointed out that no God or priest nor any other kind of being has the power to interfere in the working out of someone else's Kamma. Buddhism, therefore, teaches the individual to take full responsibility for themselves. For example, if you want to be wealthy then be trustworthy, diligent and frugal, or if you want to live in a heaven realm then always be kind to others. There is no God to ask favours from, or to put it another way, there is no corruption possible in the workings of Kamma.

Do Buddhists believe that a Supreme Being created the universe? Buddhists would first ask which universe do you mean? This present universe, from the moment of the 'big bang' up to now, is but one among countless millions in Buddhist cosmology. The Buddha gave an estimate of the age of a single universe-cycle of around 37,000 million years, which is quite plausible when compared to modern astrophysics. After one universe-cycle ends another begins, again and again, according to impersonal law. A Creator God is redundant in this scheme.

No being is a Supreme Saviour, according to the Buddha, because whether God, human, animal or whatever, all are subject to the Law of Kamma. Even the Buddha had no power to save. He could only point out the Truth so that the wise could see it for themselves. Everyone must take responsibility for their own future well being, and it is dangerous to give that responsibility to another.

Answer 3

Buddhism does not go into the spirit realm. Their plan is to become the best human beings they can be.

This does not make Buddhism an athiestic religion. It is more of an agnostic religion..

the fact that Buddhism does not go into the spirit realm is the one main reason why I am NOT Buddhist.

I practise zen 6 days a week because it helps me to be a better well grounded human being; but I have experienced the spirit ream since I was five years old, and Buddhism does not answer all of my spiritual questions.

Answer 4

Buddhism is unique amongst the religions of the world because it does not have any place for God in its soteriology. Indeed most Asian religions (with the possible exception of some extremely devotional forms of Hinduism) are essentially non-theistic, in that God does not occupy the central place that is accorded to him in monotheistic religious traditions. But Buddhism goes beyond most of these other religions in that it is positively anti-theistic because the very notion of God conflicts with some principles which are fundamental to the Buddhist view of the world and the role of humans in it.

However Buddhism is not atheistic in the sense that modern secularism, rationalism, humanism, etc. could be regarded to be atheistic (although it has much in common with them). Buddhism is not concerned primarily with refuting the notion of God (as some atheistic writers have done). It is principally concerned with developing a method of escape from the worldly ills. This involves undertaking a method of mental discipline and a code of conduct, which is sufficient to satisfy the most demanding of spiritual requirements. Indeed only very little of the Buddha's voluminous discourses deal directly with the question of God. He was more interested in expounding a way to personal salvation, and to improve the weal of mankind both in this world and in the worlds to come. It is this task that informs most of the discourses of the Buddha which later came to be compiled into the various Canons of Buddhism.

The Buddha did not take an ambiguous or agnostic position on the question of God as he is sometimes represented as having taken by theistically inclined writers. The Buddha has stated his position on God in clear and unequivocal terms.

Answer 5

Buddhism is a rebel grown against too much of materialism in Vedic rituals that at one particular period of history had degraded the Indian society. It rescued the Sanatana Culture by reviving the Upanishadic tenets as a basis for Hindu way of life. Lord Buddha had no priority for a concept on God, that does not mean that he did not believe in God. He had avoided many a times to answer on questions regarding existence of God which has given impression to few that Buddhism does not believe in God.

Answer 6

well no. its a religion of inspiration.
i find buddhism more like christianity. jesus and buddha were beings of mercy and great compassion

i admire jesus and buddha

Answer 7

I dont know