Let me see... Our religion has no worship of gods, the only ones mentioned are from manuscripts collectively known as the Vedas. But we are told specifically they are all unworthy of worship or reverence and so we reject them.
Instead, we follow the teachings of the Buddha, who we believe is the one who found the way to enlightenment and liberated himself from the samsara, which we are all doomed to suffer. The ultimate desire is we reach nirvana, to be relieved of the pain being unenlightened causes us. Until we do, we only can hope for suffering and pain— to live and die and repeat the cycle until we make it—if we ever make it, I guess.
So... maybe the more correct answer is we do acknowledge gods, but find these originators to be abhorrent and unworthy beings, only having caused us pain and suffering. Our goal is to best them and escape what they've wrought onto man.
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Instead, we follow the teachings of the Buddha, who we believe is the one who found the way to enlightenment and liberated himself from the samsara, which we are all doomed to suffer. The ultimate desire is we reach nirvana, to be relieved of the pain being unenlightened causes us. Until we do, we only can hope for suffering and pain— to live and die and repeat the cycle until we make it—if we ever make it, I guess.
So... maybe the more correct answer is we do acknowledge gods, but find these originators to be abhorrent and unworthy beings, only having caused us pain and suffering. Our goal is to best them and escape what they've wrought onto man.