To: lelio
Well, depends on what Buddhism you're talking about. There certainly are god-like figures in Mahayana Buddhism.
In Theravada(likely the older of the sects) one still reveres the Buddha on the level of a prophet, at least.
Creation story? Well, weird but they do have one. The world was a plane of existence of ethereal spirits flying around in a void but with a flat world of a kind of cream. As they flew around they would come down and touch this fluid/gel/cream. The more they did this the more solid both they and the world became.
But I believe there might be other creation stories in Buddhism. I always thought that one was really weird.
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12/05/2003 1:47:18 PM PST by
Skywalk
To: Skywalk
Creation story? Well, weird but they do have one. The world was a plane of existence of ethereal spirits flying around in a void but with a flat world of a kind of cream. As they flew around they would come down and touch this fluid/gel/cream. The more they did this the more solid both they and the world became. Buddhist cosmology came much later; the Buddha himself refused to answer any questions on metaphysical topics
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