All schools of Buddhism agree that becoming a Buddha is the highest possible accomplishment for any being. However this state of existence should not be confused with the concept of God as the general definition of the term God refers to one who rules and created the Universe a view which Buddha says is wrong view as Buddha taught that the universe was not created by any being and that all beings make their own choices. The root cause for what seems like the creation of the universe in Buddhism is not God, but avidya or ignorance. Attainment of Buddhahood is the end of this ignorance. All schools of Buddhism maintain that a Buddha is one who has accomplished the highest possible level of spiritual attainment through his awakening. Hence a Buddhas status was understood to transcend that of any Gods mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. That the historical Buddha was considered to be superior to these Gods is illustrated by the use of the common epithet a teacher of both Gods and humans. The uniqueness of this book hence lies in the authors way of reconstructing the chapter under review by delving deep into the areas of the subject.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pradeep Kumar
Dr. Pradeep Kumar is Associate Dean and PhD Programme Coordinator at Icfai Business School, Gurgaon. He has obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai and PhD from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi. He has more than 23 years of professional (Industrial and Academic) experience to his credit. Dr. Kumar has published and presented more than 50 research papers and articles in national and international journals and conferences. He has also authored/co-authored a number of books. Dr. Kumar has supervised more than 150 students for their MBA projects. He has also supervised many PhD students. He is a member of Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of International Technology and Information Management, AdHoc reviewer of Editorial Review Board of IRMJ and IJECE, USA and paper reviewer in so many international and national conferences. He is also IRMA (USA)'s World representative for India (North). Dr. Kumar is/was a member of various professional bodies like IIIE, AIMA, CSI, IE (Australia), IE (India), Federation of Business Disciplines (USA), IRMA (USA) and AIMS International (USA).
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