Post by krsnaraja on Apr 1, 2016 3:31:22 GMT
" Lord Buddha is one of the incarnations of Krishna "
Scriptural reference
Śrīla Prabhupāda founder of ISKCON shows that the Vedas establish Lord Buddha as an avatāra, or incarnation of the Supreme Lord. Lord Buddha's advent, he explains, is predicted in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Vedānta commentary authored by Vyāsadeva (compiler of Vedānta-sutra) approximately 5000 years ago. Śrīla Prabhupāda cites Canto 1, Chapter 3, Text 24, one of a series of verses in which Vyāsadeva lists twenty-five līlā-avatāras who are incarnations of the Supreme Lord:
tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte
sammohāya sura-dviṣām
buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ
kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati
"Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist."
Thus it is on the strength of śāstric authority that Vaiṣṇavas accept Lord Buddha as an incarnation of God. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes the critical necessity of such evidence when identifying an incarnation: "Each and every avatāra, or incarnation of the Lord, has a particular mission, and they are all described in the revealed scriptures. No one should be accepted as an avatāra unless he is referred to by scriptures."
Scriptural reference
Śrīla Prabhupāda founder of ISKCON shows that the Vedas establish Lord Buddha as an avatāra, or incarnation of the Supreme Lord. Lord Buddha's advent, he explains, is predicted in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Vedānta commentary authored by Vyāsadeva (compiler of Vedānta-sutra) approximately 5000 years ago. Śrīla Prabhupāda cites Canto 1, Chapter 3, Text 24, one of a series of verses in which Vyāsadeva lists twenty-five līlā-avatāras who are incarnations of the Supreme Lord:
tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte
sammohāya sura-dviṣām
buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ
kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati
"Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist."
Thus it is on the strength of śāstric authority that Vaiṣṇavas accept Lord Buddha as an incarnation of God. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes the critical necessity of such evidence when identifying an incarnation: "Each and every avatāra, or incarnation of the Lord, has a particular mission, and they are all described in the revealed scriptures. No one should be accepted as an avatāra unless he is referred to by scriptures."
