8. Is Buddhism Atheistic, Non-theistic or Theistic?
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 8. Is Buddhism Atheistic, Non-theistic or Theistic? - Buddhism in Five Minutes |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Peter Harvey; University of Sunderland; United Kingdom |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Buddhism; Buddhist art; Buddhist ethics; Buddhist; Buddha; Nirvana; meditation; Zen; |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Buddhism |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Buddhism is not focused on the idea of an eternal creator God, but from its beginning has included belief in a range of mortal gods (devas), who are seen as part of the round of rebirths along with humans, animals, ghosts, and beings in hell. None of these rebirths is seen as lasting forever, although some are seen as very long-lasting. The Buddha did not see himself as an incarnation of a god, but as a human who had been radically transformed by becoming enlightened, and as a “teacher of humans and devas.” Although Buddhists do not believe in a creator God, they do believe in an ultimate, transcendent reality: nirvana. Nirvana is beyond time, change, and death—a transcendent reality the peace of which is beyond that of even the subtlest heaven. Like the God of theistic religions, it is eternal, at least in the sense of being beyond time, rather than lasting forever in time. It is not seen as creating the world, and is a seen as a state to be experienced rather than a being. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 25-Oct-2021 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/40745 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.40745 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Buddhism in Five Minutes |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
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| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |