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shian
30 August 2011, 09:38 PM
Maybe many peoples only know about Hinayana Buddhism who is absolutely refuse idea about God.

But dont forget the one word God has many different meanings.

And dont forget many sect in Hinduism even have different explanation about God. (not only Hindu, also Abrahamic religion in different sect they have different explanation about God, so we can said all of religion all of sect have different explanation)

So about Lord Brahma, we see in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

1. Have many Brahma (Vaishnava etc also believe many universe have many Brahma)

2. In Mahayana and Vajrayana text also have many Brahma, but one Brahma is Maha-brahma in Sutra of 12 Devas , have explained that Maha-brahma is manifestation of ancient Buddha , and with His power He help beings from another universe to born in His Heaven and then to the world.

3. So in Buddhism , Maha-brahma is one deity who is worshiped. Buddhist scripture also have many text who explain the sadhana and mandala of Maha-brahma. (also many mantra of Brahma)

4. Maha-brahma is get respect from Buddhist like we respect our Parents, because with His mind power He help us to birth in this universe. Then Buddhist respect Maha-brahma like Buddha , because in Sutra of 12 Devas, Buddha has said dont contemn 12 Devas because they are owe to them (even one breath of oxygen) , then a Buddhist sadhaka must see them have Great Dharmakaya !

Buddhist also respect Maha-brahma because He have begs the Buddha to teach Dhamma to the world. Without Him , Buddhist in d world will never hear even one name of Buddha !


Many Buddhist believe that Maha-brahma is the God who worshiped by all of Abrahamic religion.

So , i see Buddhist is like another Hindu sect who have their own explanation about God. But Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism text is still rare, so many people in the world only knowing Buddhism by Hinayana teachings , or maybe know about Mahayana and Vajrayana but in the part teachings of Hinayana method , not throught to deep teachings. (Because Vajrayana dont refuse teachings of Hinayana, but see the teachings of Hinayana as first step to learn Buddhism. Only a part of first step)

Spiritualseeker
19 October 2011, 08:30 AM
Namaste,

I agree shian. Buddhism view of emptiness is also just like God as supreme consciousness. One can see Shiva in the buddhist talks on Nirvana, sunyata, and so on. It is all the same. As far as esoteric deities, Buddhism has many as you pointed out specific attributes of Brahma. They also have Ganesha (though strangely there is a version where Avalokstivera cuts off the head of Ganesha and places on his own head). In esoteric Buddhist sects you can find worship of Shiva (though known by different names) and also other Hindu figures, like Tara).

Buddhism and Sanatana Dharma are the same thing if you ask me.


Om Namah Shivaya

shian
19 October 2011, 10:31 PM
they also have Ganesha (though strangely there is a version where Avalokstivera cuts off the head of Ganesha and places on his own head).

Vanakkam Seeker

i agree,

about the story of deitys, that is story who talk about our conscioussness
In Hindu , one Deity also have many version of story. But we all know the story is only conscioussness.
But many people read this kind of story like read a legend, so that is make the peoples love one deitys and hate another, so... The Sages create this kind of story for inner peace, but the peoples who dont have wisdom read the story will only get hatred.

shian
19 October 2011, 10:40 PM
But,
if we talk about peoples, in Buddhism there is many peoples who missunderstanding about Hindu, and in Hindu also a lot of peoples who miss understanding about Buddhism.

This kind of problem also appear in all religion.

But, not all Buddhist reject Hindu
also, not all Hindu reject Buddhist.