[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.1015 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.1015 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.1015 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.1015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.1015) The books refer²⁸ to the view held, at the Buddha’s time, of Brahmā as the creator of the universe and of union with Brahmā as the highest good, only to be attained by prayers and sacrifices. But the Buddha himself did not hold this view and does not speak of any single Brahmā as the highest being in all creation.²⁹ There are Mahā Brahmās, mighty and powerful (\*abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī\*), but they too, all of them, and their world are subject to the laws of Kamma.³⁰ To the Buddha, union with Brahmā seems to have meant being associated with him in his world, and this can only be attained by cultivation of those qualities possessed by the Brahmā. But the highest good lay beyond, in the attainment of Nibbāna.³¹ - [Previous: v2.c29.1014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.1014) - [Next: v2.c29.1016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.1016) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.1015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.1015) · Pramāṇa