Buddhist thought consistently rejects the notion of a creator deity[1] and posits that mundane deities such as Mahabrahma are misconstrued to be a creator.[2]
After the planes below the Ābhāsvara plane come to an end, a deity from the Ābhāsvara plane dies, and is reborn in the next lower level as a Mahabrahma.[2] More Ābhāsvara deities die and are reborn as Mahabrahma's ministers.[2] The retinue erroneously believes Mahabrahma created them.[2] When one of these ministers die, he is reborn as a human, remembers his previously life and mistakenly teaches a creator deity.[2]
Vasubandhu argued that a creator's singular identity is incompatible with creating the world.[3]
Taliaferro, edited by Charles (2013). The Routledge Companion to Theism. New York: Routledge. ISBN978-0-415-88164-7. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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