| The nearest thing to a creation story in Buddhism is its account of how beings co me to populate a world-system as it starts up in a new cycle of existence. The Agganna Sutta says that, at this time, Radiant gods die and are reborn hovering over the re-evolving physical world, then an expanse of water in complete darkness. The reborn beings are seen as sexless, self-luminous and still semi-devine. | |||
| p. 37 | |||
| Peter Harvey |
An Introduction to Buddhism Cambridge University Press, 1990 |
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