In Buddha Dharma God is uniquely missing.

Once a man went to Lord Buddha and said, “I do not believe in God.”  Lord Buddha said, “You are right.”  The man went back happily.  A second man came and said, “I believe in god.”  Lord Buddha said, “You are right.”  He also went back happily.”  Then a third man came and humbly submitted, “Some people say there is no God and when I listen to their logic, I get convinced.  But when I listen to the sages, I feel that God exists.  Now I am confused.  Does God exist or not?”  Lord Buddha told him that he had come to a right place and urged him to look for God together.  Lord Buddha said so because he did not have a pre-conceived notion of God. 

Lord Buddha continued and told him; “A perturbed mind can never go close to God.  Drop your concept of God.  Sit with your eyes closed and go deep within yourself.  When you experience the depth within, then the truth will dawn on you.  You will find the answer by yourself.  Repose in the serene depth of your inner consciousness, all your worries will disappear.”

In Buddha Dharma God is uniquely missing.  Lord Buddha, Arahantas and Bodhisattvas are revered.  But they are not Gods.  They are teachers and on their own merits they are the source of inspiration.  They are not to be requested for boon or a favour through petitional prayer. 

The followers of Buddha Dharma express their wish and draw inspiration from Lord Buddha, Arahantas and Bodhisattvas for commitment to higher ideals.

In Mahayana there is a plethora of deities but they are not Gods or Goddesses either.  They are not Gods and Goddesses in the sense of entities endowed with any independent existence.  The deities are the embodiment of the respective field of merits they represent.  Being the essence of divinity, the deities motivate us, and serve as the source inspiration to comprehend and contemplate, and actualized those fields of merit within us, which they represent.