EBT perspective on devas and siddhis?

It’s surely not in the Pali. But the answer is as if asked “Are the gods self-existent?” And the Buddha says “No, they exist conditionally”.

It’s probably interesting that in Vedic literature the self-existence (svayaṃbhu) of gods was presupposed. So maybe the sutta question refers back to the Vedic attitude.

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