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Buddhism and the Gods


Buddhism and the Gods


Since earliest times, people have prayed to various gods. In the
caves of our ancestors you can find idol statues, figurines and
religious devotional objects.


It was always a matter of speaking to a "god". Praying has always
been talking to a "higher authority".


In the course of the changeful history there were thousands of
gods, often the deity even resembled each other, repeated the
characters and characteristics (e.g. the different "sea gods").


Often armies faced each other in wars, the respective priests
prayed for the victory of their troops.


Gods came and gods went, according to the spirit of the times and
the taste of the people.


You can also pray to a "fish head" if you only believe in it.


Buddhism is completely different here. It is not about the search
for a bringer of salvation, a figure from outside, but about the
striving for "enlightenment" (according to Buddha, the solution
for this lies within us).


No god, no person, no one can bring us this state, only we
ourselves can search for it, within us, not outside.


THIS QUOTE SEEMS TO COME FROM THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA:


WHAT IS THE POINT OF PRAYING TO GODS? IS IT NOT FOOLISH TO
BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER CAN BRING US BLISS OR MISERY?


WHEN YOU TALK TO GOD, YOU ARE RELIGIOUS. WHEN GOD TALKS TO YOU,
YOU ARE INSANE.


- DR. GREGORY HOUSE - FICTIONAL DOCTOR IN A US TELEVISION SERIES


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