Would like to know more. Actually most Buddhists in Asia do
worship Buddha as a God/Deity and also other Gods from chinese
religions. (correct me if I am wrong)
But I know in theory, there is no mention of Gods in
Buddhism.
If Buddha did not mention Gods, then why is it ok for a Buddhist
to worship Gods?
And is Buddhism without Gods common in Asia?
those so called themselve "Buddhist", most of the time do
not know what exactly is Buddhism.
first u must locate the founder of buddhism, which is Shayamuni,
which didn't taught about worshiping gods for money, 4d numbers,
child bearing, win toto/lottery, all and all for self benefit. most
of these "buddhists" had mixed folk believes or chinese custom
into their believe. in truth they are not true Buddhists.
u must differential true buddhist and folk believers. and the
believe between a Creator God(without the s) and the heavenly
beings/gods. true Buddhist talk about the six realms, and one of
the realms is the heavenly realm of gods. there are gods in
Buddhism but they still have birth and death. so no point
worshiping them. we don't believe in A almighty Creator God,
although one of the brahma god, "thought" that he's the creator,
but there's no real creator as taught by Buddha. u can sort of say
the MInd is the "creator".
pls do a quick read on buddhism in a nutshell
http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Axt7wmGl9sVO4zMAZZUj4gt.;_ylc=X1MDMjExNDcwODAwMwRfcgMyBGFvAzAEZnIDeWZwLXQtNzEyBGhvc3RwdmlkA2ROS25ZUnQ3d2lPSUZvdkdUUFJldUExWHkzOVRnazdGOXFVQUFGRF8Ebl9ncHMDMARuX3ZwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzcnAEcXVlcnkDYnVkZGhpc20gaW4gYSBudXRzaGVsbARzYW8DMQR2dGVzdGlkAw--?p=buddhism+in+a+nutshell&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-712&rd=r1
its better we clear some superstitions.
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