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**njfeedd3w** · 05-06-2011, 03:40 AM

Alright.

First some points. I believe I remember Buddha denying the existence of God, or calling those who believe in God fools. But I can't remember the quote, I think it was on accesstoinsight, but I could be wrong though.

Secondly, yes the Buddha recognized the existence of a permanent thing, he called this thing "Nibbana" (although technically nibbana refers to the phenomenon or event of enlightenment, lit "blowing out") or the "Deathless. He recognized it as permanent and unchanging because the thing itself was unborn and unconditioned (meaning it doesn't depend on conditions for its existence).

If you want to call that God, sure, but, technically he never assinged characteristics of sentient or Nibbana being an entity, personally I thought the idea was that Nibbana was a "thing" or "object."

We could also clearly say that yes Jesus preached about God, although Emerson (Ralph Waldo) thought Jesus was being metaphorical.

05-06-2011, 03:40 AM	#29
njfeedd3w Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 401 Senior Member	Alright. First some points. I believe I remember Buddha denying the existence of God, or calling those who believe in God fools. But I can't remember the quote, I think it was on accesstoinsight, but I could be wrong though. Secondly, yes the Buddha recognized the existence of a permanent thing, he called this thing "Nibbana" (although technically nibbana refers to the phenomenon or event of enlightenment, lit "blowing out") or the "Deathless. He recognized it as permanent and unchanging because the thing itself was unborn and unconditioned (meaning it doesn't depend on conditions for its existence). If you want to call that God, sure, but, technically he never assinged characteristics of sentient or Nibbana being an entity, personally I thought the idea was that Nibbana was a "thing" or "object." We could also clearly say that yes Jesus preached about God, although Emerson (Ralph Waldo) thought Jesus was being metaphorical.
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