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Baka Brahma

A Brahma of the form realm in the Pali canon who believes his world eternal and himself deathless until the Buddha, visiting his realm, shows him his error; a stock Buddhist figure for the limits of a creator's knowledge.

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Baka Brahma tested by

Gautama Buddha (Mortal) Buddhist · Baka Brahma's error and Sahampati's plea
Refutes Baka's belief in his own permanence (Brahma-nimantanika Sutta).

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Baka Brahma's error and Sahampati's plea
How a tradition frames it · as the deluded Brahma · 2 tellings

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Brahmā (Buddhism) — Wikipedia Encyclopedia