Was the Buddha an atheist? Does one need to believe in God or gods to follow his system? This is a question with an interesting answer I think we can all learn from.

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✅ Texts mentioned:

Kevaddha Sutta (DN 11)
Tevijja Sutta (DN 13)
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.61 "Sectarian"

On Vasubandhu see Richard Hayes, "Principled Atheism in the Buddhist Scholastic Tradition", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 16:1 (March, 1988) http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes/atheism.pdf

On Buddha as teacher of gods and humans: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/au...

Also see: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/was-b...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/american...