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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sudunone" data-source="post: 5895757" data-attributes="member: 205934">Mmmmm. Y2K, That article is too long. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/baffled.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":baffled:" title="Baffled    :baffled:" data-shortname=":baffled:" /> And this is not a source because this has been translated by a westerner without understanding Buddhism a long time ago.Let me correct a few things from the parts I read:Buddha didn't say gods don't exist. What the Buddha rejected was the concept of an omnipotent creator God. In sinhala and pali the word used for heavenly beings is 'deva', and 'deviyan wahanse' is a word born out of that. Buddhism says heavenly beings or devas exist. And Brahma is not used in the sense it is used in hindu/vedic literature. Brahmas are another group of heavenly beings who are in an even better realm than the devas.So, there are a lot of instances where devas and brahmas visited Buddha.That part about Created and Uncreated realms, as well as Being one with God/Brahman is also incorrect. "Creationism" is rejected. What Buddha taught was paticca samuppada/ dependent origination. The attainment of nibbana is a state where one is not reincarnated-it's not a place.Anathma concept will also be easier to understand once you have studied paticcasamuppada. There is no permanent soul that gets reborn. And we change from moment to moment. You cannot learn or understand all those things in one thread, or describe everything in one one thread. If you are keen to learn, find a good scholar who is a practicing Buddhist, or books/articles by those who have understood these concepts to a considerable degree. ask Kalyanamithra-he will give you several good sites. Or try dhamma talks and articles by ven. ajahn Sumedho, ajahn Brahmawanso etc.</blockquote>

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