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Deities?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:23 pm
by nrose619
What deities exist in Buddhism? I know Mara is one. Are there any others?

Re: Deities?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:34 pm
by James the Giant
Mate, Google is your friend. There's a whole category of Wikipedia about them.
These include Mahayana and Vajrayana deities too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:B ... and_demons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Deities?

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:26 am
by manas
For a quick run-down of the many realms and planes of existence:

'The Thirty-one Planes of Existence'
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:

Re: Deities?

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:03 pm
by Bohemian Seeker
manas wrote:For a quick run-down of the many realms and planes of existence:

'The Thirty-one Planes of Existence'
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:
Thanks for that link, that website is really clearly written.

Mike :smile:

Re: Deities?

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:15 am
by PadmaPhala
Mara, in some interpretations, is more the negative tendencies, hindrances, fermentations or obscurations of each mind than a being.

Re: Deities?

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:31 am
by drifting cloud
Mara is definitely not a deity.

Re: Deities?

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:07 pm
by plwk