Thread: Masonic Straight Shavers Unite!

Actually, Buddhism has many deities, depending on where it is practised, be it Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land, or Nicheren. Freemasonry only requires belief in a Supreme Being, not in any specific Deity.

I think the best reference is from Masonic scholar and author Carl Claudy:

... (a Mason) must declare his faith in a Supreme Being before he may be initiated. But note that he is not required to say, then or ever, what God. He may name him as he will, think of him as he pleases; make him impersonal law or personal and anthropomorphic; Freemasonry cares not...God, Great Architect of the Universe, Grand Artificer, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Above, Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Vishnu, Shiva, or Great Geometer.

Greg