• Generally speaking, Buddhism is a religion that does not include the belief in a monotheistic creator deity. As such, it has often been described as either...
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    Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE...
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  • between God and the universe. The universe came to be, God did not. Creator in Buddhism Demiurge Ex nihilo Intelligent design King Follett discourse Nothing...
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  • tenger) in Buddhism is a type of celestial being or god who shares the god-like characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general...
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    include monotheism in Christianity and Buddhism's orientation towards nontheism (the lack of relevancy of the existence of a creator deity) which runs...
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  • Buddhism (/ˈbʊdɪzəm/ BUUD-ih-zəm, US also /ˈbuːd-/ BOOD-), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition...
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  • A creator deity or creator god is a deity responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human religion and mythology. In monotheism...
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  • despite his belief in God. Hence, practical atheism is not actual atheism." Cosmicism § Cosmic indifferentism Creator in Buddhism Indifferentism Nontheism...
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    Mahayana (redirect from Mahāyāna Buddhism)
    Buddhist holidays Creator in Buddhism Dzogchen Early Buddhist schools Faith in Buddhism Golden Light Sutra History of Buddhism Index of Buddhism-related articles...
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    Buddhism in Japan (日本の仏教, Nihon no Bukkyō) was first established in the 6th century CE, derived from Chinese Buddhism. Most of the Japanese Buddhists...
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    king in Buddhism. He is considered as a protector of teachings (dharmapala), and he is never depicted in early Buddhist texts as a creator god. In Buddhist...
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    involved in evolution, to a greater extent than theistic evolutionists believe this. There is diversity among evolutionary creationists in explaining...
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    Buddhism and Jainism are two Dharmic religions that developed in Magadha (Bihar) and continue to thrive in the modern age. Gautama Buddha and Mahavira...
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    Christianity and Buddhism's orientation towards non-theism and its rejection of the notion of a creator deity, which runs counter to teachings about God in Christianity;...
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    Earth creationism that posits that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days (light being "day"...
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    Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the...
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  • relationship between Buddhism and sexual orientation varies by tradition and teacher. According to some scholars, early Buddhism appears to have placed...
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    do not know how the Creator created, [or] what processes He used, for He used processes which are not now operating anywhere in the natural universe...
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    In Buddhism, there are a variety of attitudes towards different forms of fasting (Skt. upavāsa or anaśana). The Buddha is known to have practiced extreme...
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  • the term buddhi is also used in other Indian philosophies and traditions, its most common usage is in the context of Buddhism. Vimukti is the freedom from...
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    In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (bhavana), commonly translated...
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    Institutions of Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (simplified Chinese: 汉传佛教; traditional Chinese: 漢傳佛教; pinyin: Hànchuán Fójiào; Jyutping:...
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    Buddhism in Central Asia mainly existed in Mahayana forms and was historically especially prevalent along the Silk Road. The history of Buddhism in Central...
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    Buddhism is the second largest religion in Malaysia, after Islam, with 18.7% of Malaysia's population being Buddhist, although some estimates put that...
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    rebirths in saṃsāra. Nirvana is part of the Third Truth on "cessation of dukkha" in the Four Noble Truths, and the "summum bonum of Buddhism and goal...
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    but microevolution is accepted as a genetic parameter designed by the Creator into the fabric of genetics to allow for environmental adaptations and...
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    of the Bible Chronology of the universe Cosmogony Cosmological argument Creator deity Generations of Noah Geoscience Research Institute Higher criticism...
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    or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Buddhism (Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), specifically Theravāda Buddhism (Burmese: ထေရဝါဒဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), is the official...
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    Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of...
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