<p><strong>Deva</strong> is from our universe (sometimes from other universe).
<strong>Alien</strong> is something we cannot identify yet. May be they are living on a surface like human beings or may be they are living in the space like some <strong>Devas</strong>. The word <strong>alien</strong> is recently being used (in the science fiction sense, from 1953) and we cannot tell <em>Deva</em> and <em>Alien</em> are same or not by any means.
So back to the question, <strong>Deva</strong> met Buddha so many times from this universe and other universes (precisely <strong>Devas</strong> from 1,000,000,000,000 universes) but not necessarily <strong>Alien</strong>. For the flying machine, I didn't read anything like this in Sutra, what I read in Buddhist books is <strong>Deva</strong> used coach drawn by horses. It may be flying but it is not a machine.</p>

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<p>Go to YouTube -- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLvNFS1VCNU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Buddhism and alien abductions</a> by Ajahn Brahm.</p>

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Does this answer the question? Can you summarize (paraphrase) anything in the video which answers the question?
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<p>You could say that they are aliens. They are from a different world/plane/dimension. Also the definition of aliens means from another world. So yeah. Check this <a href="http://the-reason.weebly.com/are-gods-aliens.html" rel="nofollow">article</a>;</p>

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<p>Devas are buddhist celestial beings. They don't have to mean aliens. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Buddhism)" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Buddhism)</a></p>

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<p>In lord Buddha's daily routine, divided into five parts as follows.</p>

<ol>
<li>the morning session</li>
<li>the afternoon session</li>
<li>the first watch</li>
<li>the middle watch <strong>(10.00 P.M. TO 2.00 A.M.)</strong> </li>
<li>the last watch</li>
</ol>

<p>So the 4th part is The Middle Watch, from 10.00 PM to 2.00 AM.</p>

<p>In that time Lord Buddha will answer the questions from "Devas", and these Devas come to see Buddha by flying Machine called "Wimanas" (or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana" rel="noreferrer">Vimana</a>).</p>

<p>So my question is, does "Devas" here means Aliens? Did Aliens came to see Lord Buddha, and learn about Buddhism? </p>

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Did aliens come to meet Lord Buddha?
# Did aliens come to meet Lord Buddha?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-24)

In lord Buddha's daily routine, divided into five parts as follows.

1. the morning session
2. the afternoon session
3. the first watch
4. the middle watch **(10.00 P.M. TO 2.00 A.M.)**
5. the last watch

So the 4th part is The Middle Watch, from 10.00 PM to 2.00 AM.

In that time Lord Buddha will answer the questions from "Devas", and these Devas come to see Buddha by flying Machine called "Wimanas" (or [Vimana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana)).

So my question is, does "Devas" here means Aliens? Did Aliens came to see Lord Buddha, and learn about Buddhism?

**Tags:** the-buddha, reality, deva


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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2016-09-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

You could say that they are aliens. They are from a different world/plane/dimension. Also the definition of aliens means from another world. So yeah. Check this [article](http://the-reason.weebly.com/are-gods-aliens.html);


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-09-24. Score: 4

Devas are buddhist celestial beings. They don't have to mean aliens. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Buddhism)>


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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-09-26. Score: 2

**Deva** is from our universe (sometimes from other universe).
**Alien** is something we cannot identify yet. May be they are living on a surface like human beings or may be they are living in the space like some **Devas**. The word **alien** is recently being used (in the science fiction sense, from 1953) and we cannot tell *Deva* and *Alien* are same or not by any means.
So back to the question, **Deva** met Buddha so many times from this universe and other universes (precisely **Devas** from 1,000,000,000,000 universes) but not necessarily **Alien**. For the flying machine, I didn't read anything like this in Sutra, what I read in Buddhist books is **Deva** used coach drawn by horses. It may be flying but it is not a machine.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-18. Score: -1

Go to YouTube -- [Buddhism and alien abductions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLvNFS1VCNU) by Ajahn Brahm.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Does this answer the question? Can you summarize (paraphrase) anything in the video which answers the question?  

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