Philosophy of Buddhism

Buddhism does not teach of a creator god or of a beginning to man or the universe. “The Creation is cyclical, having no start and no end. For Buddhists, it is part of the wheel of suffering to which we are attached through rebirth. Creation is seen as just part of this wheel” (OABITAR par2). The universe is infinite, and everything in it just runs in a cycle. Another source describes time according to Buddhism this way, ” Time in Buddhist cosmology is measured in kalpas. Initially, a kalpa was regarded to be 4,320,000 years. Buddhist scholars expanded it with a metaphor: rub a one-mile cube of rock once every hundred years with a piece of silk, until the rock is worn away — and a kalpa still hasn’t passed! During a kalpa, the world comes into being, exists, is destroyed, and a period of emptiness ensues. Then it all starts again” (Boeree par7). Man and the universe has always been, and will continue to exist in this cycle forever, though slowly ...................Philosophy of Buddhism