RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Himalayas, Foodborne Illness, Mahayana
22 Dec 2013
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But buddhism does not accept the idea of an eternal, unchanging soul/essence like the. Hindu atman, or a universal uncaused being or entity such as the christian idea of a creator god or the hindu idea of brahman as the ground of existence. The buddhist tradition teaches that all things come into existence dependent on causes and conditions if you want to say that god exists then what you are saying is that god is dependent on causes and conditions. Buddhism accepts the idea of gods who come into being and pass away. But does not accept the idea of a god who caused the universe but who himself or herself is uncaused i. e. a causeless cause. Gautama (family name) buddha (title) 480 - 400 bce; siddharta (childhood name); Tathagata (common name: thus come and this gone); hindu. Born as the son of a great chieftain of one of the tribal republics in the foothills of the.
