Post by m18611136959 on Nov 23, 2018 6:58:20 GMT
If Buddhism is not theistic, is it atheism?
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Regardless of the South, Han, and Tibetan Buddhism, there are many kinds of heavenly people (Devas; "God"), that is, the so-called God is active, and there are many places in the Chinese translation classics that are directly translated as " The case of the Chinese character "God".
If the definition of atheism does not believe in the existence of one or more gods in the world, then there is no need to talk nonsense. Buddhism is not atheism. However, the premise is that when we say atheism, we must know what atheism is.
In the so-called "theology" in the West, it is not as simple as theism or atheism, but divided into atheism, personality godhead, impersonal god, monotheism. ), dualistic, kathenotheism, deism, pandeism, animism, pantheism, panentheism, Polytheism and many other different beliefs - if we don't know what these are, then don't easily say whether Buddhism is or is not a theory!
First of all, Buddhism does not recognize the unique origins of the heavenly human beings in Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other religions that are the strongest in the world.
Buddhism cannot be classified into the system of personality god, one god, two gods, alternate gods, natural gods, and pantheism.
Even the Mahayana Buddhism’s view of the "law body" of the Buddha is a bit close to this theology. There are even "mountain and rivers, all of which are the body and the like", "the ruthless grass can also become a Buddha" and other thoughts and original personality. The classes are a bit similar, but because of Mahayana Buddhism's various other conceptual settings and technical definitions of such ideas, the reciprocal negation is affirmative and cross-cutting, so it is impossible to say a word. Counted in the categories of pantheism, pan-spirit, and super-theistic.
Although all the sects of Buddhism advocate karma causality as the law of the universe, when it comes to what laws, pure laws, and pure laws of truth, I am afraid that on the surface, the shadow of a somewhat impersonal god must be seen, but conceptual analysis and logical technology Even if it is the most mesmerizing thoughts of the Mahayana who are close to the absolute theology, such as the Brahman and I, it cannot be said that it does not belong to the belief of non-personality.
Moreover, what may be most unacceptable to us in modern times is that Buddhism has always recognized the existence of many gods, that is, the concepts and roles of anthropomorphic gods in the beliefs of ancient Greece, India, and China, even in the Miscellaneous There are many stories of true descriptions of the gods and gods.
However, the key point we should understand as a Buddhist is that the Dharma recognizes that they exist and convert to them and worship them. It is a completely different concept - this is the most crucial difference.
The Buddhist scriptures often refer to various gods, such as the Great Brahma, the Emperor's release of the heavens, the strong God, the four great kings, the self-contained heaven, and so on, and even many of the Ashura and even the ghosts. In line with the definition of "God" - if we recognize the authenticity of such descriptions in the Buddhist scriptures, it is impossible to say that Buddhism does not recognize or believe in their existence.
However, while believing in their existence, Buddhism does not think that they have the final say, and they do not buy them, nor encourage them to worship them.
helloworld
Regardless of the South, Han, and Tibetan Buddhism, there are many kinds of heavenly people (Devas; "God"), that is, the so-called God is active, and there are many places in the Chinese translation classics that are directly translated as " The case of the Chinese character "God".
If the definition of atheism does not believe in the existence of one or more gods in the world, then there is no need to talk nonsense. Buddhism is not atheism. However, the premise is that when we say atheism, we must know what atheism is.
In the so-called "theology" in the West, it is not as simple as theism or atheism, but divided into atheism, personality godhead, impersonal god, monotheism. ), dualistic, kathenotheism, deism, pandeism, animism, pantheism, panentheism, Polytheism and many other different beliefs - if we don't know what these are, then don't easily say whether Buddhism is or is not a theory!
First of all, Buddhism does not recognize the unique origins of the heavenly human beings in Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other religions that are the strongest in the world.
Buddhism cannot be classified into the system of personality god, one god, two gods, alternate gods, natural gods, and pantheism.
Even the Mahayana Buddhism’s view of the "law body" of the Buddha is a bit close to this theology. There are even "mountain and rivers, all of which are the body and the like", "the ruthless grass can also become a Buddha" and other thoughts and original personality. The classes are a bit similar, but because of Mahayana Buddhism's various other conceptual settings and technical definitions of such ideas, the reciprocal negation is affirmative and cross-cutting, so it is impossible to say a word. Counted in the categories of pantheism, pan-spirit, and super-theistic.
Although all the sects of Buddhism advocate karma causality as the law of the universe, when it comes to what laws, pure laws, and pure laws of truth, I am afraid that on the surface, the shadow of a somewhat impersonal god must be seen, but conceptual analysis and logical technology Even if it is the most mesmerizing thoughts of the Mahayana who are close to the absolute theology, such as the Brahman and I, it cannot be said that it does not belong to the belief of non-personality.
Moreover, what may be most unacceptable to us in modern times is that Buddhism has always recognized the existence of many gods, that is, the concepts and roles of anthropomorphic gods in the beliefs of ancient Greece, India, and China, even in the Miscellaneous There are many stories of true descriptions of the gods and gods.
However, the key point we should understand as a Buddhist is that the Dharma recognizes that they exist and convert to them and worship them. It is a completely different concept - this is the most crucial difference.
The Buddhist scriptures often refer to various gods, such as the Great Brahma, the Emperor's release of the heavens, the strong God, the four great kings, the self-contained heaven, and so on, and even many of the Ashura and even the ghosts. In line with the definition of "God" - if we recognize the authenticity of such descriptions in the Buddhist scriptures, it is impossible to say that Buddhism does not recognize or believe in their existence.
However, while believing in their existence, Buddhism does not think that they have the final say, and they do not buy them, nor encourage them to worship them.