Is the Buddha a God?
This is one of the first questions most people ask. It reveals something about the preconceived notions they bring with them on their search for a spiritual home. As a Westerner, you probably come to Buddhism with some deeply ingrained concepts. One of them is who or what is God. In Western religious traditions, God is the creator of all things and, through prayer, you can get him (never a her) to intervene in your life.
These ingrained concepts also tell you that God is judgmental, vengeful, forgiving, loving, and a whole host of other attributes all of which entitle him to be worshipped and revered, and even feared.
There is no such being in Buddhism.
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