SACRED TEXTS: Tripitaka:
'The Baskets' canon of Buddhist literature; discourses of the
Buddha and/or his disciples. |
GODHEAD: No omnipotent
creator God. Many God-like beings subject to the law of
rebirth (Dharma). |
COSMOLOGY: Cyclical, endless becoming and dissolving. No point
of creation. |
ON TIME:
Cyclical & not important as cycle at rebirth continues
forever. |
ON THE NATURE OF THE
SOUL: Life continues after death in another
form. The cycle of birth/death can only be broken by achieving
Enlightenment. |