Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 Q. Two Different Buddha's declared by Amarkosha A. Amarsinglia compiled many Buddhist scriptures and books. Many of these fell into the hands of Shri Shankaracharya, save and except "Amarkosha", he burnt all other books. The book preserved by him incorporates the details about Buddha, we are gathering them for your information : -sarvajnah sugato buddho dharmarajah tathagatah -samanta bhadro bhagawan marajit lokajit jinah -sadabhijno dasablo advayavadi vinayakah -munindrah shrighanah Sasta munih - -shakyamuni tu yah sah shakyasimhah sarvarthasiddha -sauddhodanah ca sah -gautamah carkabandhuh ca mayadevisutah ca sah' Above sloka contains eighteen names of Buddha, from the word 'Sarbajna' to 'Muni', from 'Sakyamunistu' to, Mayadevisutascha sah' meant for Shakyasingha Buddha. The aforesaid Buddha with eighteen aliases and subsequent Buddhas with seven aliases are not the same Buddha; on this point we may refer to the commentaries written by Shrila Raghunath Chakraborty. We shall try to convince the reader by quoting the required portion, those three slokas were divided by Raghunath Chakraborty in two parts, first portion till Muni, remaining portion e. g., till the word Muni. 'Astadash Buddha' means from 'Sarbaina Munih' to Buddha. So, Sugata also means Vishnu Buddha, and the commentary of `Ete sapta Shakyabangshabatirneh Buddhamuni bisheshe" i. e., that is from Shakyamuni till "Mayadevi Sutashca" from Shakya dynasty. From that sloka and commentary it appears, clearly that Sugata Buddha and Shakya Singha Buddha are not the same person. Q. Is there more than one avatar incarnation of Buddha? A. This incarnation of Lord Buddha is not the same Buddha incarnation we have in the present history of mankind. According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, the Buddha incarnation mentioned in the Vedas appeared in a different Kali age. In the duration of life of one Manu there are more than seventy-two Kali-yugas, and in one of them the particular type of Buddha would appear. _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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