Buddha is every inch an Hindu

[vgane]

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The article puts Buddha in right perspective...Interesting...Shows how close Buddhist philosophy is to Hindu way of life

The Buddha was every Inch a Hindu | India Facts

 

[kunjuppu]

buddha is indian. buddha was against rituals and caste and brahminism. in today's world of abrahamic religions, we will find a lot of commonality between buddhism, jainism and what we practice as hinduism.

things were different in india in the absence of islam and xtianity. even wars existed between vaishnavaites and saivites. it takes a foreign 3rd party and our own shrinking world, for us to ignore our differences.

simple: how many arranged marriages have we seen between iyers and iyengars... the closest two brahmin groups of tamil nadu?

 

[B V RAAGHAVAN]

Namaskarams,

Buddha, aka Suddhodana, was a hindu and was practicing Hinduism. He wanted to do away with some of the rituals of Hinduism and thus he found the Buddhism and because of his hinduviduality, his views/ preachings, no wonder, were similar to hindus.

 

[kunjuppu]

for the universalists here is buddha as part of other religions too - courtesy (ofcourse) wikipedia

Main article: Gautama Buddha in world religions

In Hinduism, Gautama is regarded as the 9th avatar of Vishnu.[note 6]

The Buddha is also regarded as a prophet by the Ahmadiyya Muslims[65][66][67] and a Manifestation of God in the Bahá'í faith.[68] Some early Chinese Taoist-Buddhists thought the Buddha to be a reincarnation of Lao Tzu.[69]

The Christian Saint Josaphat is based on the life of the Buddha. The name comes from the Sanskrit Bodhisatva via Arabic Būdhasaf and Georgian Iodasaph.[70] The only story in which St. Josaphat appears, Barlaam and Josaphat, is based on the life of the Buddha.[71] Josaphat was included in earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology (feast day 27 November) — though not in the Roman Missal — and in the Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar (26 August).

Gautama Buddha

 

[vgane]

I have been to Buddhist temples in Jakarta, Thailand and Dharamshala in India(maintained by the exiled Tibetans)...Buddha is very much revered here...Buddha is the cultural ambassador of India and its civilization...

Buddha is associated with compassion, peace , meditation , kindness, control and renunciation

 

[apsarathy]

How does Buddha come to be an avatar of Vishnu. All of us know of the 10 avatars of Vishnu and as far as I am aware, among the 10 avatars, there was no space for Buddha. I think this is a new phenomenon...

 

[kunjuppu]

I have been to Buddhist temples in Jakarta, Thailand and Dharamshala in India(maintained by the exiled Tibetans)...Buddha is very much revered here...Buddha is the cultural ambassador of India and its civilization...

Buddha is associated with compassion, peace , meditation , kindness, control and renunciation

sarathy, i was only joking.

anyone can believe what they want. about more than 1000 years ago, before islam came to india, buddhism ruled from north west india till indonesia; tamil nadu was jain buddhist till the bhakti movement converted the kings to saivism.

today, buddhism is benign in india, and much accommodated by hindus. same as jainism. because we have bigger adversaries vying for our souls and population numbers in islam and xtianity.

believe what you want, but do not deny history. two completely different things.

 

[vgane]

How does Buddha come to be an avatar of Vishnu. All of us know of the 10 avatars of Vishnu and as far as I am aware, among the 10 avatars, there was no space for Buddha. I think this is a new phenomenon...

I do not think so as in various Puranic texts such as Vishnu Purana, Bhagavatha Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Garuda Purana, Agni Purana, Narada Purana, Linga Purana and Padma Purana he is mentioned as avatar of Vishnu.

Bhavishya Purana contains the following:

At this time, reminded of the Kali Age, the god Vishnu became born as Gautama, the Shakyamuni, and taught the Buddhist dharma for ten years. Then Shuddodana ruled for twenty years, and Shakyasimha for twenty. At the first stage of the Kali age, the path of the Vedas was destroyed and all men became Buddhists. Those who sought refuge with Vishnu were deluded.[SUP][/SUP]

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In the 13th century the Vaishnava poet Jayadeva included Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu in the much acclaimed
Gita Govinda (Source wiki)

 

[apsarathy]

Does that mean Vishnu has had 10 avatars already and Kalki will be his 11th?

 

[sangom]

Buddha himself never claimed that he was not a hindu. But the truth which he (Buddha) claimed to have realized was very much different. Most importantly, he found that the vedas were meaningless and that the caste system and the sacrifices were not good and opposed both these though he did not go out to destroy both outside of his followers. The hindus who believed in both vedas and caste system, therefore, branded buddhism as a heretical religion. This is the gist.

Buddhism flourished during Ashoka's reign but subsequently, the vedic hindus tried all they could to remove buddhism and to get back the lower classes from buddhism back into the hindu religion. As one of their many tricks to hoodwink the buddhist masses, the vedic hindus included Buddha also as one of the avataaras of Vishnu. Bhagavatham and Vaishnavism talks about many more avataaras of Vishnu.

When even similar steps did not work well, the vedic hindus started using brutal methods to put down buddhism and when people out of fear for their lives started coming back into the hindu fold, all those ex-buddhists were classified as the Dalits of one name or another.

 

[vgane]

Does that mean Vishnu has had 10 avatars already and Kalki will be his 11th?

Buddha is mentioned as the 9th avatar...Kalki will be the tenth

 

[Raji Ram]

Does that mean Vishnu has had 10 avatars already and Kalki will be his 11th?

No Sir! Usually, when Buddha is added in 10 avtArs, Balarama is excluded!

Jayadeva considered Krishna himself to have taken the 10 avtArs and hence included Balarama avtAr.

Here is the Jayadeva's song: Jayadevas astapathi By M S Subbalakshmi

 

[prasad1]

Buddha is mentioned as the 9th avatar...Kalki will be the tenth

Buddha is included by Hindus in this dasha avatars.
Jesus Christ was a Jew, but orthodox Jewish religion does not claim Christ as an avatar, why should Hindus claim Bhuddism, jainism, and sikhism as part of Hinduism.

 

[Nacchinarkiniyan]

The article quoted in the O.P is political. It has nothing to do with religion.

We all know that Guru Gobind Singh was the Guru who put Sikh religion on a firm footing. He is credited with writing of Chandi di Var, a composition based on Devi Mahatmyam. Guru Gobind Singh was a Upasaka of Chandi and conducted Chandi yagnas almost daily.

But then you do not see any article about how Guru Gobind Singh was a Hindu.

Just because Dalits have become Buddhists it is not necessary for us to keep on emphasizing how Hinduism and Bhuddhism have a lot in common.

In Sarva Dharsana sangraha Madhavacharya treats Buddhism and Jainism as psrt of the Hindu Dharshanas.

For a long period of time Jainism was considered almost a part of Hinduism. Same case with Sikhism. But they are no longer considered part of Hinduism.

These divisions are for political advantages. The Veera Saiva community wants to be considered a separate religion. The Ramakrishna Mission went upto the supreme court with a plea that they are not Hindus. Sri La Prabhu Pada declared repeatedly that the ISCON movement was not part of Hinduism. Even now there are many ISCON devotees who subscribe to that belief.

 

[apsarathy]

My question is simple. If according to our puranas Vishnu had 10 avatars as :Matsyam, Koormam, Varaham, Narasimhar, Vamanar, Parasuramar, Rama, Balarama and Krishna and Kalki to follow, where will one fit in Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu?

 

[vgane]

My question is simple. If according to our puranas Vishnu had 10 avatars as :Matsyam, Koormam, Varaham, Narasimhar, Vamanar, Parasuramar, Rama, Balarama and Krishna and Kalki to follow, where will one fit in Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu?

Dear Sir,

RR Madam has responded in # 12...Balarama is excluded

 

[sangom]

My question is simple. If according to our puranas Vishnu had 10 avatars as :Matsyam, Koormam, Varaham, Narasimhar, Vamanar, Parasuramar, Rama, Balarama and Krishna and Kalki to follow, where will one fit in Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu?

In Bhagavatham and also as per Vaishnava beliefs (I think) Vishnu has many, many avataaras - not merely ten or eleven. The smaarthas borrowed ten out of these many avataaras and then, at a later period, added one more viz., Buddha so that the people who still had some affinity for buddha, buddhism, etc., may feel at home in the vedic fold. So, if you are uncomfortable with Dasavataara and eleven avataara, why not make it Ekaadasi avataara or Ekaadasa avataara as you may like?

 

[Nara]

No Sir! Usually, when Buddha is added in 10 avtArs, Balarama is excluded! ....

Mrs. RR.,I am afraid Jayadeva does not speak for all Hindus. For SVs there are roughly 32 vibhava avatharas of which 10 are important, and among the ten Balarama finds a place bnot Buddha. Buddha does find a place in the 32, but in the most sinister way, the SVs claim Vishnu came as Buddha to teach lies to asuras and bring ruin to them, quite an insult to the followers of Buddha.

 

[biswa]

Parasurama, Balarama and Buddha are all so called "half" avatars. As opposed to the "full" avatars, Rama, Krishna etc.

It is not surprising that Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism have similarities having all originated in the sub-continent. And of course the Abrahamic religions are starkly different (and similar to one another) having originated in the Fertile Crescent.

 

[Raji Ram]

Mrs. RR.,I am afraid Jayadeva does not speak for all Hindus. For SVs there are roughly 32 vibhava avatharas of which 10 are important, and among the ten Balarama finds a place bnot Buddha. Buddha does find a place in the 32, but in the most sinister way, the SVs claim Vishnu came as Buddha to teach lies to asuras and bring ruin to them, quite an insult to the followers of Buddha.

I know Prof. Sir! Some included Budhdha in the ten avtArs, excluding Balarama.

And I too know 'unga (means SVs ) vazhi thaneeeeee vazhi'!! :thumb:
Jayadeva believed that Lord Krishna is The Almighty who took 'those' ten avtARs. :decision:

 

[renuka]

Lord Buddha spoke about Self Realization.
Self Realization has no religion...so it does not really matter if Lord Buddha was a Hindu to start with etc..all that matters is He taught how to go beyond Religion.

 

[Raji Ram]

.........all that matters is He taught how to go beyond Religion.

Dear Renu,
And humans created the religion - Buddhism! :decision:

"Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. The word comes from 'budhi', 'to awaken'. It has its origins

about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was himself awakened (enlightened) at the age of 35."

Source: A Basic Buddhism Guide

 

[amala]

Buddha was from the Sakyamuni tribe of Nepal. He attained enlightenemend in modern day India (bodhgaya) but is Nepali!!!

 

[CHANDRU1849]

Nov 12, 2013


vaishnavism, not like saivism, has lot of contradictions. It supports

human worship.


To substantiate this, followers of vaishnavism, time and

again, make popular individuals the avatar of vishnu. Some historians

say vishnu was a king who ruled in some parts of north india.


Many say buddha's preachings were against brahminical practices. If that

is the case, how is that he was one of the avatars of vishnu.


One could see similar contradiction in ramayana. If vishnu is the supreme

god and rama is his avatar, why did rama worship lord shiva at

rameshwaram.


Some say parasurama, who belonged to kerala, was a saivite.


Since buddha became very popular with his teachings, he has been made

an avatar of vishnu. Nothing else.


S chandrasekaran