What is the nature of God according to the Buddha?
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"God is not a person or a belief; it is the experience of emptiness and awareness that arises when all questions and borrowed beliefs fall away."
According to Osho, for Buddha 'God' is neither a person nor a belief; he remains silent about any creator and points instead to an experience—emptiness, suchness, awareness—available when all questions and borrowed beliefs drop. Theism and atheism are mind positions; awakening discovers godliness as a quality of being, not an external deity. Buddha redirects seekers from speculation to meditation, seeing reality as law (Dhamma), not a ruler.
Instead of a god outside, Buddha points you to the quiet, clear space inside you that appears when you stop clinging to beliefs.
Why this matters practically
- Cuts through believer–atheist arguments; focus on practice.
- Directs you to meditate and taste inner peace now.
- Grounds compassion and ethics in awareness, not fear or reward.
- Directs you to meditate and taste inner peace now.
- Grounds compassion and ethics in awareness, not fear or reward.
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