5/7/2023 0 Comments Buddha by Demi![]() ![]() ![]() They have powers far beyond those of humans. This does not mean, however, that gods have no powers. Thus, no god in Buddhism has the omniscience, the omnipotence, or the omnipresence of God in the Abrahamic religions. Rebirth as a god is based on virtuous actions performed in a previous life, and when the god’s lifespan is over, the being is reborn some place else. Related: The Meaning of Nirvana in Buddhism Explained Because each of these heavens is located within samsara, the realm of rebirth, none of these heavens is a permanent abode of the gods who live there, and none of the gods is eternal. In traditional Buddhist cosmology, the gods-or deva in Sanskrit, a cognate of “divinity”-are distributed among 27 heavens ( svarga): six are located in the sensuous realm ( kamadhatu) along the slopes, at the summit, and in the air above Mount Sumeru, the mountain at the center of the world 17 in the meditation heavens of the realm of subtle materiality ( rupadhatu) and four are in the immaterial realm ( arupyadhatu), where there is no form, only consciousness. However, one should not assume from this that Buddhism has no gods. Buddhism is famous in the West as an “atheistic religion,” in the sense that, unlike the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, it does not recognize a single creator deity. ![]()
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