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Student: Iyasu Ghirmai
Teacher: Pernilla Bonér
Contents 2
Concept of god 3
Buddhism 3
Buddhist gods 3
The Buddhist perception of a divine entity 3
From enlightened to a Supreme Being 4
Hinduism 4
Brahman 4
Brahman 5
Vishnu 5
Shiva 6
The concept of God 6
Conclusion 7
Moksha – Nirvana 9
Buddhism 9
Eightfold path 9
Karma 10
Hinduism 11
Conclusion 12
Holy Men 13
Buddha 13
Jesus 13
Mohammed 14
Conclusion 15
Sources 16
The concept of God
It is first of all necessary to establish what is meant by the term "God". This term is used to designate a Supreme Being endowed with the qualities of omnipotence and omniscience, which is the creator of the universe with all its contents, and the chief lawgiver for humans. God is generally considered as being concerned with the welfare of his human creatures, and the ultimate salvation of those who follow his dictates. God is therefore a person of some kind, and the question whether such an entity exists or not is fundamental to all theistic systems.
In contrast to this notion of a personal God some modern theologians have interpreted the term "God" as representing some kind of abstract principle of good. This view was first developed in the ancient Indian Upanishads where God is equated with an abstract principle, the Brahman. The ancient Indian philosophers could entertain such a view because they also had a theory of karma, which really does away with the need...
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