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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The god or supreme deity for Buddhism is
A
Siddartha Gautama
B
The Dalai Lama
C
There is no god or supreme deity
D
The Bodhisattvas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Followers of Buddhism don’t acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment-a state of inner peace and wisdom. When followers reach this spiritual echelon, they’re said to have experienced nirvana. The religion’s founder, Buddha, is considered an extraordinary being, but not a god.

Detailed explanation-2: -There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to Enlightenment is through the practice and development of morality, meditation and wisdom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahayana Buddhist interpretations of the Buddha as a supreme being, which is eternal, all-compassionate, and existing on a cosmic scale, have been compared to theism by various scholars.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahābrahmā (Tibetan: tshangs pa chen po; Chinese/Japanese: Daibonten; Sinhala: ‍; Thai: ), sometimes only called Brahma, is the ruler of the Brahma World (Brahmaloka) in the Buddhist cosmology. He is considered the protector of Buddhist teachings (Pali: Dhammapala; Sanskrit: Dharmapala).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Three Buddhist Deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara.

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