An interesting finding

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Dear Bhagavatas:

The Sastras refer to one Aadhi Buddha, whose date is not ascertainable. This was

NOT the historical figure, Siddharta or Gautama Buddha who is deified by some as

if he was an incarnation of Sriman Narayana. Even this "Aadhi Buddha" is NOT

recognized as an Avatara.

 

All these attempts by the so called Research scholars are nothing but

preconceived notions and a subsequent effort to find materials to justify the

same to give their pet theories a semblance of credibility!

 

As Bhagavatas, we are not interested in the dispute about dates. All that we

look for is the devotional bhakti towards our Sriman Narayana as demonstrated by

Azhwaras and our own Acharyas.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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Respected Bhagavathas

 

 

Namaskaaram.

 

 

Sometime back, one of our respected members had raised a doubt relating to

the period of Mahaveera and Budhdha.

 

 

I got this forward from a friend and immediately remembered about the

postings in . I thought it would be useful if our respected

members read this article.

 

 

This shows that there has been a deliberate attempt on the part of western

historians to distort the truth about the period of various important

events in Indian history. It appears that they did it to prove that the

civilization and religions of this country were of a later date. And we can

understand from this article that the "facts" about the periods we are told

regarding the important events in our history as we know today are false.

Which means our Vedas might actually be even older than they are believed

to be.

 

 

Narayana Narayana Narayana

 

 

R.Gopinathan

 

 

Loka samastaah sukhinah bhavanthu

 

 

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Reestablishing the Date of Lord Buddha by Stephen Knapp (Excerpt from Proof

of Vedic Culture's Global Existence)

 

 

Most of us are taught that Buddha was born around 560 to 550 B.C. However,

once we start doing some research, we find evidence that this date may be

too late. Buddha may have been born much earlier.

 

 

For example, in Some Blunders of Indian Historical Research (p. 189), P. N.

Oak explains that the Puranas provide a chronology of the Magadha rulers.

During the time of the Mahabharata war, Somadhi (Marjari) was the ruler. He

started a dynasty that included 22 kings that spread over 1006 years. They

were followed by five rulers of the Pradyota dynasty that lasted over 138

years. Then for the next 360 years was the 10 rulers of the Shishunag

family. Kshemajit (who ruled from 1892 to 1852 B.C.) was the fourth in the

Shishunag dynasty, and was a contemporary of Lord Buddha's father,

Shuddhodana. It was during this period in which Buddha was born. It was

during the reign of Bimbisara, the fifth Shishunag ruler (1852-1814 B.C.),

when Prince Siddhartha became the enlightened Buddha. Then it was during

the reign of King Ajatashatru (1814-1787 B.C.) when Buddha left this world.

Thus, he was born in 1887 B.C., renounced the world in 1858 B.C., and died

in 1807 B.C.

 

 

Further evidence that helps corroborate this is provided in The Age of

Buddha, Milinda and King Amtiyoka and Yuga Purana, by Pandit Kota

Venkatachalam. He also describes that it is from the Puranas, especially

the Bhagavat Purana and the Kaliyurajavruttanta, that need to be consulted

for the description of the Magadha royal dynasties to determine the date of

Lord Buddha. Buddha was the 23rd in the Ikshvaku lineage, and was a

contemporary of Kshemajita, Bimbisara, and Ajatashatru, as described above.

Buddha was 72 years old in 1814 B.C. when the coronation of Ajatashatru

took place. Thus, the date of Buddha's birth must have been near 1887 B.C.,

and his death in 1807 B.C. if he lived for 80 years.

 

 

Professor K. Srinivasaraghavan also relates in his book, Chronology of

Ancient Bharat (Part Four, Chapter Two), that the time of Buddha should be

about 2259 years after the Mahabharata war, which should make it around

1880 B.C. if the war was in 3138 B.C. Furthermore, astronomical

calculations by astronomer Swami Sakhyananda indicates that the time of the

Buddha was in the Kruttika period, between 2621-1661 B.C.

 

 

Therefore, the fact that Buddha lived much earlier than what modern history

teaches us has a number of ramifications. First, the time of the Buddha's

existence is underestimated by about 1300 years. Secondly, this means that

Buddhism was in existence in the second millennium B.C. Thirdly, we also

know Buddha preached against the misused Vedic rituals of sacrifice. Such

misuse can only happen after a long period of prominence. Therefore, this

pushes the Vedic period farther back from the time of Buddha than

originally figured. And lastly, everything else we have figured according

to the time frame of the appearance of Buddha now has to be re-calculated.

Again we find that history has to be adjusted away from the speculations of

modern researchers, and that many of the advancements in society and

philosophy had taken place much earlier than many people want to admit.

 

 

(This article is from: http://www.stephen-knapp.com)

 

 

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/reestablishing_the_date_of_buddha.htm

 

 

 

 

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