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Old 06-28-2012, 06:38 AM   #18
GenryDont

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Just my two cents, while some forms of Buddhism, such as Tibetan, have a lot of "gods", I've been led to understand that those gods aren't meant to be understood as real entities, but rather aspects of the practitioner's mind. Aids to focus the mind during mediation, but they aren't understood to actually exist. Perhaps Jungian Archetypes would be a good way of explaining them.
It all depends on who does the explaining. There is no consensus among Buddhists on this point, and no person or organization has the authority to speak on behalf of all Buddhists.

I don't think Buddhists anywhere would want Jungians speaking on their behalf.

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