Did Buddha Really Say This?

[fragrant herbs]

I read in a novel that Buddha said, "You are Gods yourself." Did he really say this? If so, where? Thanks.

[Laurens]

I read in a novel that Buddha said, "You are Gods yourself." Did he really say this? If so, where? Thanks.

I've never personally heard such a quote. But I cannot be 100% sure - having not read the entire Pali canon. To me it seems unlikely.

Which book was it in and in what context was the quote given?

[tiltbillings]

I read in a novel that Buddha said, "You are Gods yourself." Did he really say this? If so, where? Thanks.

Which novel by whom?

Did the Buddha say that? Not in any of the early recorded traditions available.

[enkidu]

In a lot of fiction, novels, movies and so on, many sensational and false things are said about or on behalf of the Buddha.

[Mawkish1983]

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel, Fragrant Herbs

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Possible a very poor translation of Dhammapada v 160:

Attā hi attano nātho, ko hi nātho paro siyā.
Attanā hi sudantena, nāthaṃ labhati dullabhaṃ.

Oneself is one’s own refuge, what other refuge could there be?
With oneself well controlled one obtains a refuge hard to gain.

Nātha can also be translated as Lord or Master, so you are the Lord of yourself, you are your own master. There is no Lord or God who is your master. In other words, you alone are responsible for your own happiness and sorrow, and master of your own destiny.

[fragrant herbs]

Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the answers. I read it in Angels and Demons but have heard it for years, and when I went to look it up the only other person that said it was Sai Baba.