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Contrary to the misconception that the Buddha was silent on the issue of a supreme being or that Buddhism in any way condones theism, no form of Buddhism believes in any sort of creator god or supreme being. Nor is the worship of deities encouraged. The Buddha saw such beliefs as delusional and as spiritual immaturity and an inability to face reality. The universe and everything in it comes into being due to natural causes and conditions, without any need for any imagined supernatural being's intervention. At most, The place of dieties in Buddhist scriptures is largely one of myth, with deities either made fun of to show how nonsenical the idea is, or treated as beings to be pitied and as lower on the scale of things than human beings. This might help clarify the Buddhist position on theism for you:
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha068.htm
As one Buddhist Sutta puts it:
The gods are all eternal scoundrels
Incapable of dissolving the suffering of impermanence.
Those who serve them and venerate them
May even in this world sink into a sea of sorrow.
We know the gods are false and have no concrete being;
Therefore the wise man believes them not
The fate of the world depends on causes and conditions
Therefore the wise man may not rely on gods.
Mahâpajâpâramitâshâstra
Buddhism has no gods. On the other hand it does not prohibit worship of gods. Thus, there are many combinations of Buddhism with other faiths. Perhaps the best known is Bushido (Buddhism+Shinto). These can each have their own creator god.
ohh.i m from india.lord budh dont believe in god,haeven and hell system.and other religion jain too
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