Brahma (Buddhisme): Perbedaan antara revisi

▲'''{{IAST|Brahmā}}''' adalah raja surgawi dalam [[agama Buddha]].<ref>[http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/B/52 Bonten] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201071438/http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/B/52 |date=2017-12-01 }} Nichiren Buddhism Library, Soka Gakkai</ref><ref name="Krishan1996p120">{{cite book|author=Yuvraj Krishan|title=The Buddha Image: Its Origin and Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDyJh--iaL0C&pg=PA120 |year=1996|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|isbn=978-81-215-0565-9 |pages=120 }}</ref> Dia diambil dari agama-agama India lainnya seperti [[Hinduisme]] yang menganggapnya sebagai pelindung ajaran (''dharmapala''),<ref name=buswelllopez141>{{cite book|author1=Robert E. Buswell Jr.|author2=Donald S. Lopez Jr.|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ |year=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4805-8 |pages=141–142 }}</ref> dan tidak pernah diceritakan dalam kitab-kitab Buddhis awal sebagai [[dewa pencipta]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Harvey |title=An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0sg9LV_rEgC |year=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-85942-4 |pages=37–38 }}</ref> Dalam tradisi Buddhis, adalah dewa Brahma Sahampati<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn06/sn06.001.than.html|title=Ayacana Sutta: The Request|website=www.accesstoinsight.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> yang muncul di hadapan [[Buddha]] dan mendesaknya untuk membabarkan ajaran, begitu Buddha mencapai pencerahan tetapi tidak yakin apakah dia harus membabarkan pengetahuannya yang mendalam (dhamma) kepada semua orang.<ref name=buswelllopez141/>

▲Brahma adalah bagian dari kosmologi Buddhis,<ref name="Krishan1996p120"/> dan penguasa atas alam [[kelahiran kembali (Buddha)|kelahiran kembali]] surgawi yang disebut ''[[Brahmaloka#Buddhisme|Brahmaloka]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert E. Buswell Jr.|author2=Donald S. Lopez Jr.|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ |year=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4805-8 |page=142, Article on '''brahmaloka''' }}</ref> [[Saṃsāra (Buddhisme)|alam kehidupan setelah kematian]] dan alam tumimbal lahir yang paling didambakan dalam tradisi-tradisi Buddhis.<ref>{{Citation | last =Trainor | first =Kevin | year =2004 | title =Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide | publisher =Oxford University Press | isbn =978-0-19-517398-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_PrloTKuAjwC|page=62}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Merv Fowler |title=Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7UKjtA0QDwC |year=1999 |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |isbn=978-1-898723-66-0 |page=65 }}{{Pranala mati|date=Maret 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, '''Quote:''' "For a vast majority of Buddhists in Theravadin countries, however, the order of monks is seen by lay Buddhists as a means of gaining the most merit in the hope of accumulating good karma for a better rebirth."</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Gowans|title=Philosophy of the Buddha: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbU4Hd5lro0C|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-46973-4|page=169}}</ref> Brahma umumnya digambarkan dalam budaya Buddhis sebagai dewa dengan empat wajah dan empat lengan, dan berbagai variannya ditemukan dalam budaya Buddhis Theravada dan Mahayana.<ref name=buswelllopez141/>

▲[[Berkas:Wat Yannawa - 007 Brahma (12130018383).jpg|jmpl|Brahmā (Phra Phrom) di [[Wat Yannawa]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand]]