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The Buddha is not a god

In early Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama possessed no salvific properties & strongly encouraged “self-reliance, self discipline & individual striving”

However, in later Mahayana Buddhism, notably in the Pure Land (Jìngtu) school of Chinese Buddhism, the Amitabha Buddha was thought to be a savior
But he is still not considered a god in the common understanding of the term.

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