Gods and Humans

Gods and Humans
I am good in my mathematics and I could not count the 31 (4 of the Arupavatara without physical bodies need not have a world to manifest themselves, in other words Mind only beings) Gods, having referred to the Buddhist Dictionary of Reverend Nyanathiloka.

I have counted only 22 (6 in this world, 12 in fine material worlds and 4 in immaterial worlds) Gods in total.

I have 9 Gods not accounted for.

So if I add six (6 ) of the Hindu Gods in all six directions, I still get 3 more gods unaccounted for.

I think Buddhist monks are bad in mathematics.

That is not the point, I want to drive here.

Being born as a human is supreme.

Buddhas are born only in human worlds.
 
Hitler's are also born in this world.

We have both good and bad.

Buddhism does not cater for gods.

But in Kandyan Perehara there are four gods.

1. Vishnu the Hindu God

2. Paththini

3. Saman god of Adam's peak.

4. Kataragama againg a god devoted for Tamils

5. Sakka if the chief of gods

6. Vibhushana is a King turned God.

Youngest brother of Ravana and the eldest is Kuberu.

Ravana the most prominent is not revered as God. There is a deliberate attempt to suppress his name by Indian authors.

Buddha has often repeatedly said being born in a heavenly world is a waste of time and waste of good Kamma.

He also has stated those heavenly beings fall to lower realms when they die at the end and when the good Kamma expires.

So worshiping gods and trying to become a god is waste of human energy.

It is high time we act as humans and save lives of human beings involved in futile War.

I am not going to take a side in this War.

War always has a beginning but it's end is often blurred.

Very rarely we get a chance to be born as humans and if we waste that human life in War, one is most likely to be dead and be born again in hell as a demon.

Humans can become demons as well as gods in this world.

Coming back to Buddhist Cosmology;

If I count OUT, 4 of the immaterial worlds, I get 18 gods  (18 worlds), in total.
 
Not worth being in one of them.

Be human!

 Wednesday, August 10, 2016
 

Rarity of Humanoids

Human beings (manussa loka)
Rebirth as a human being is extraordinarily rare.
 

The assumption here is there are only 5 types of humanoids in only five planets.