"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place." – Bhagavad Gita 6.19
Did Buddha reject God?
One other significant distortion of Buddha’s teachings often made in modern degenerate Buddhism is the idea that Buddha taught atheism. In fact, we find that in the Dhammapada, he makes multiple references to the Deathless and the Unborn, implying the existence of God.
Udana 8.3
The Unconditioned Passage
"There is, monks, an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned.
If there were not this Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned, there would be no escape from the born, the become, the made, the conditioned.
But because there is an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned, therefore there is an escape from the born, the become, the made, the conditioned."
Itivuttaka 43
On the Deathless
“The deathless has been attained by me.
This is the last birth. Now there is no more becoming.”
Moreover, in many Suttas like the Digha Nikaya and Majjhima Nikaya, Brahma Sampati appears and is treated with much reverence, although not worshipped, and Buddha even talks about Brahma sometimes. Furthermore, although Buddha may have rejected the Vedic ritualistic emphasis on granting liberation (which by that time was starting to be left behind), he never denied the existence of higher beings. Buddha also uses the word Brahmin upon multiple occasions, and a Brahmin is one who seeks Brahman, which suggests once again that Buddha did not deny the existence of God. In addition, the use of Brahmin also conveys the acceptance of the caste-system, and it is evident that Buddha saw that those who strive towards realisation (true Brahmins) are the very ones who sustain civilisation spiritually altogether, much like Plato in his conception of philosopher-kings. This depicts that Buddha did align with the caste-system but criticised its misuse; Buddha did conform to ideas of Brahman and God, but his approach differed from the orthodox; and Buddha did not reject the Vedas altogether but only its overly-ritualistic aspects that were anyways being left behind.
