(June 1, 2012 at 2:09 pm)StatCrux Wrote:Quote:'Mahayana Buddhism is not only intellectual, but it is also devotional ... in Mahayana, Buddha was taken as God, as Supreme Reality itself that descended on the earth in human form for the good of mankind. The concept of Buddha (as equal to God in theistic systems) was never as a creator but as Divine Love that out of compassion (karuna) embodied itself in human form to uplift suffering humanity. He was worshipped with fervent devotion... He represents the Absolute (paramartha satya), devoid of all plurality (sarva-prapancanta-vinirmukta) and has no beginning, middle and end ... Buddha ... is eternal, immutable ... As such He represents Dharmakaya.
I found this interesting, sounds very much like the Christian view of Jesus in many ways.
The buddha is not seen as a god in Theravada, Mahayana, or Vajrayana. He is an enlightened being. I don't know where that guy got his info but its false. Siddhartha was a man, like all of us, who discovered his buddha nature in fullness. Everyone can acheive that. In buddhism it is stated that he went through many rebirths like all of us to get to his enlightenment.
