Avataars & the Sprititual Evolution

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Namashkar

 

The 10 Avataars of Vishnu can be thought of as a guide to the

evolution of man, especially the Sadhak:

 

1. Matysa- The ordinary man is like a Fish, lost in the sea of the

world, floating about without any idea where hes going.

 

2. Kurma- After some, he realises his misery, & tries to move towards

land, which here is the concrete reality of God. But like tortoise he

still spends most time in sea of world.

 

3. Varaha- The boar can swim in sea as well as walk on land. The

sadhak now lives in the world, but spends time thinking of God too.

 

4. Narsingh- Here the Sadhak confronts his animal tendencies.

 

5. Vaman- The Sadhak becomes an imperfect man.

 

Now start the main Avataars:

 

6. Parshuram- This is the Sadhak at the Rajoguni stage. His passions

are high, & like Parshuram he tries to fight the evil of the world all

by himself. He finally realises this isnt possible.

 

7. Ram- This is the Sadhak at the Satoguni stage. He realises he

should live accoridng to his Dharma, even if it brings him misery. He

overcomes difficulties by the strength of his character.

 

8. Krishna- Finally the Sadhak goes beyond the 3 gunas. He still lives

in the world, though as a Master now. He can marry, play about, fight

wars, but since he is above Nature, he is not bound by anything he does.

 

9. Buddha- Finally, at the end, the Sadhak achieves complete Nirvana.

He has no need for any worldly benefits. He instead prefers to train &

teach others.

 

10. Kalki- There is some controversy about this.

 

The 1st controversy is that why Buddha is above Krishna? Buddha as a

stage is above Krishna, but Krishna as a person is above Buddha, as he

could stay in the world & still be above it.

 

Regarding Kalki, there is a lot of unecessary tales about his blood

thirsty nature, & how he will kill all the sinners, which makes him

some sort of Mohammed. I think Sri Aurobindos view about this is correct:

 

Krishna pointed us to the Supermind(Vigyan, or the Wisdom body). The

next Avataars- Buddha & Shankaracharya, tried to jump straight to some

Void/Nirguna Brahma state where there would be no action, but this is

against what Krishna said.

 

Kalki Avataar will come to correct this mistake, & bring the Supermind

that Krishna pointed out, down to Earth. This will be the beginning of

a new Satyug. There will be no bloodshed; instead, people of impure

minds will die out, & only pure souls will be able to take birth in

the Golden Age.