[Hare Rama Krishna] BPHS reference to Buddha

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Om Gurave Namah----Dear Jaan,

There are many works of sri achyuta Dasa talking of Kalkin Avatara and this is yet to be seen in many thousand years from now...With Best Wishes,Sanjay Rath

 

 

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varahamihira

Friday, August 03, 2001 3:26 PM

[Hare Rama Krishna] BPHS reference to Buddha

on page 10 on my BPHS by G C Sharma there seems to be a translation of some sloka reffering to the incarnation of planets, Rama is the incarnation of the sun, Krishna the moon, Bhudda mercuryis this a direct translation? does it imply the existence of Buddha before the sloka was written? or is it not referring to Gautama Buddha altogether?lovejaanOM TAT SATArchive: varahamihiraFiles: varahamihiravarahamihira/database

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Dear Jaan,

 

The Naradiya Purana states that Parasara is in constant unbroken

contact with Vishnu. It is only logical that Parasra would know the

names of Vishnu's incarnations before they appear, as well as other

of his secrets.

 

The Srimad Bhagavatam written by Parasara's son Vyasadeva states the

following about Buddha: Canto 1:1:24 " Then, in the beginning of Kali-

yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, in the

province of Gaya, just for the purpose of deluding those who are

envious of the faithful theist. "

 

regards,

 

Alex J

 

varahamihira, " Sanjay Rath " <srath@v...> wrote:

>

> Om Gurave Namah

> ----

> Dear Jaan,

> There are many works of sri achyuta Dasa talking of Kalkin Avatara

and this

> is yet to be seen in many thousand years from now...

> With Best Wishes,

> Sanjay Rath

>

>

> -

> jaan911@h...

> varahamihira

> Friday, August 03, 2001 3:26 PM

> [Hare Rama Krishna] BPHS reference to Buddha

>

>

> on page 10 on my BPHS by G C Sharma there seems to be a translation

> of some sloka reffering to the incarnation of planets, Rama is the

> incarnation of the sun, Krishna the moon, Bhudda mercury

>

> is this a direct translation? does it imply the existence of Buddha

> before the sloka was written? or is it not referring to Gautama

> Buddha altogether?

>

> love

> jaan

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Jaan,

 

The following is from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Prabhupada. Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1-3. His view is that the

reference is to Gautama Buddha. And he is viewed as an authority on

Krishna and Vishnu's incarnations.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord

Buddha, the son of Anjana, in the province of Gaya, just for the

purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.

 

PURPORT

 

Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnation of the Personality of Godhead,

appeared in the province of Gaya (Bihar) as the son of Anjana, and he

preached his own conception of nonviolence and deprecated even the

animal sacrifices sanctioned in the Vedas. At the time when Lord

Buddha appeared, the people in general were atheistic and preferred

animal flesh to anything else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice, every

place was practically turned into a slaughterhouse, and animal-

killing was indulged in unrestrictedly. Lord Buddha preached

nonviolence, taking pity on the poor animals. He preached that he did

not believe in the tenets of the Vedas and stressed the adverse

psychological effects incurred by animal-killing. Less intelligent

men of the age of Kali, who had no faith in God, followed his

principle, and for the time being they were trained in moral

discipline and nonviolence, the preliminary steps for proceeding

further on the path of God realization. He deluded the atheists

because such atheists who followed his principles did not believe in

God, but they kept their absolute faith in Lord Buddha, who himself

was the incarnation of God. Thus the faithless people were made to

believe in God in the form of Lord Buddha. That was the mercy of Lord

Buddha: he made the faithless faithful to him.

 

http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/CLAS/bhag/1_3.html

 

regards,

 

Alex J