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What is the Buddhism creation story?

T%is is #or a pro-ect. My #rien! an! I are researc%ing !i##erent creation t%eories an! !oing a

/compare0contrast/ t%ing. 1e are so stuck on t%is t%eory2 1e %onestly ...s%ow more

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T%e reason w%y you can not #in! t%e writing a*out t%e origin o# t%e worl! in *u!!%ism is t%at 5

Bu!!%ism emp%asi6es practices o$er *elie#s. It is true t%at rig%t practices are important inBu!!%ism7 an! t%e #ait% really centers on correct un!erstan!ing o# %uman nature an! ultimate

reality. T%e Bu!!%a7 a#ter all7 was calle! t%e /Enlig%tene! ne./ A#ter %e *ecame enlig%tene!7 %e

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taug%t t%at t%e way to eliminate su##ering *egins wit% un!erstan!ing t%e true nature o# t%e worl!.

Howe$er7 t%e Bu!!%a consi!ere! knowle!ge important only inso#ar as it remains practical.He re-ecte! speculation a*out suc% matters as o!7 t%e nature o# t%e uni$erse7 an! t%e a#terli#e7

urging %is #ollowers to #ocus instea! on t%e Four (o*le Trut%s *y w%ic% t%ey can #ree t%emsel$es

#rom su##ering.In a #amous story7 a man calle! Malunkyaputta approac%e! t%e Bu!!%a an! !eman!e! t%at t%e

Bu!!%a e,plain t%e origin o# t%e uni$erse *e#ore %e woul! *ecome a !isciple o# t%e Bu!!%a.

T%en t%e Bu!!%a sai! t%at %e woul! not go into a !iscussion o# t%e origin o# t%e 8ni$erse. To%im7 gaining knowle!ge a*out suc% matters was a waste o# time *ecause a man3s imme!iate

 pro*lem was %is own su##ering an! %is task was to li*erate %imsel# #rom t%e present state o#

a##airs. To illustrate t%is7 t%e Bu!!%a relate! t%e para*le o# a man w%o was s%ot *y a poisone!

arrow. T%is #oolis% man re#use! to %a$e t%e arrow remo$e! until %e was tol! w%o s%ot t%e arrow7w%at %e looks like7 t%e kin! o# woo! t%e arrow was ma!e o# an! so on. T%e Bu!!%a sai! t%at

 *e#ore t%e man coul! learn suc% in#ormation7 %e woul! *e !ea!. Similarly7 our imme!iate task is

to *e enlig%tene!7 not to speculate a*out t%e metap%ysical. T%us7 t%e Bu!!%a3s teac%ings centre

aroun! mankin! an! emp%asises t%e met%o!s *y w%ic% %e can li*erate %imsel#.

Inspite o# t%at7 in t%e Aganna Sutta7 #or t%e consi!eration o# t%e nee! to e,plain to two *ra%mins7B%ara!$a-a an! 9asett%a :w%o le#t t%eir #amily an! caste to *ecome monks an! are insulte! an!

maligne! *y t%eir own caste #or t%eir intention to *ecome mem*er o# Sang%a;7 t%at caste an!

lineage can not *e compare! to t%e ac%ie$ement o# morality practice an! t%e D%amma7 as anyone#rom t%e #our castes can *ecome a monk an! reac%e! t%e state o# Ara%ant7 we can #in! t%e

Bu!!%a e,plaine! a*out t%e *eginning o# t%e Eart%7 an! t%e *irt% o# social or!er an! its structure7

inclu!ing t%e castes.

T%e Bu!!%a !escri*e! t%e uni$erse *eing !estroye! an! t%en re<e$ol$ing into its present #orm

o$er a perio! o# countless millions o# years. T%e #irst li#e #orme! on t%e sur#ace o# t%e water an!

again7 o$er countless millions o# years e$ol$e! #rom simple into comple, organisms. E$entually7t%e uni$erse is again !estroye! an! anot%er arises in its place. All t%ese processes are wit%out

 *eginning or en!7 an! are set in motion *y natural causes. ur present uni$erse merely occupies

one slot in t%is *eginning<less an! en!less se=uence o# time. T%is %as to *e un!erstoo! well an!emp%asi6e! in your pro-ect.

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