Friday, February 20, 2015

Buddha is often portrayed as a teacher of the gods

Some Buddhists accept the existence of beings in higher realms (seeBuddhist cosmology), known as devas, but they, like humans, are said to be suffering in samsara,[18] and are not necessarily wiser than us. In fact, the Buddha is often portrayed as a teacher of the gods,[19] and superior to them.[20] Despite this there are believed to be enlightened devas.[21]
Some variations of Buddhism express a philosophical belief in an eternal Buddha: a representation of omnipresent enlightenment and a symbol of the true nature of the universe. The primordial aspect that interconnects every part of the universe is the clear light of the eternal Buddha, where everything timelessly arises and dissolves.[22][23][24]

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God in Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In Tibetan Buddhism it is problematic to incarnate as a God because Gods tend to not be Buddhas and so use up all their good karma sort of like Rich people do and wind up in hell not having done enough for the suffering and the poor along the way.

So, at least in Tibetan Buddhism it is much preferable to become a Buddha than to incarnate as a God.

A Buddha is constantly thinking about the needs of all beings in the universe and how to alleviate their suffering in the most efficient and compassionate way possible. And in doing this his or her suffering ends permanently. So, becoming the Buddha might be the single most important thing you ever do as a soul here on earth or beyond.

So, in this context I would see Jesus as both a Buddha and a God at the same time.

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