Buddhism and monotheism

Buddhism is a religion lacking the idea of a unique creator God. It is a kind of trans-polytheism that accepts many long-lived gods, but sees ultimate reality, Nirvana, as beyond these. It does, though, see Dhamma/Dharma as a Basic Pattern encompassing everything, with karma as a law-like principle...

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Main Author: Harvey, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Cambridge elements. Religion and monotheism
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhism / God / Idea of God / Monotheism
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Monotheism
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781108731379
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Summary:Buddhism is a religion lacking the idea of a unique creator God. It is a kind of trans-polytheism that accepts many long-lived gods, but sees ultimate reality, Nirvana, as beyond these. It does, though, see Dhamma/Dharma as a Basic Pattern encompassing everything, with karma as a law-like principle ensuring that good and bad actions have appropriate natural results. This Element explores these ideas, along with overlaps in Buddhist and monotheist ideas and practices, the development of more theist-like ideas in Mahāyāna Buddhism, Buddhist critiques of the idea of a creator God, and some contemporary Buddhist views and appreciations of monotheisms.
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jul 2019)
ISBN:1108758398
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108758390