tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post3293000157107733554..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: About BrahmaShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-73376725500261738342016-06-17T16:29:45.936-07:002016-06-17T16:29:45.936-07:00The all-loving nature of Brahma appears to be some...The all-loving nature of Brahma appears to be something Buddhists have imputed in the Tevijja Sutta, which is part of the anti-Brahman propaganda in the Digha Nikaya (unlikely actually spoken by the Buddha but composed at a later time under Ashoka). I say this because the all-loving nature of Brahma is not a theme I have noticed in the many other suttas where the Buddha is chatting with Brahmans. Therefore, since it is the Buddhists that have probably imputed Brahma as all-loving; (just as the DN idiosyncratically defines the original Brahmans as "those who turn away from evil") it is the Buddhists refuting their own imputation when they question why Brahma does not stop the world's problems. That said, this Buddhist version of Brahma, probably developed during the missionary reign of King Ashoka, sounds very much like the contradictory 'Christianity' Jesus would soon after introduce into Israel and be crucified for. It is not logical an all-loving God can be the Creator of this defiled oppressive world. That said, 'Brahma' is really about the mind believing it is the creator of the world via 'nama-rupa'. Real Buddha Dhamma Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01765431058517354070noreply@blogger.com