There is also a Buddha
in Hinduism (Bauddh in hindi)
(more contents added
on 29/05/2021)
Bhagvan Buddha as
Vishnu at Chennakesava Temple (Somanathapura)
The Buddha that we
normally talk of is the Gautam Buddha in Buddhism who was born in Nepal in a kshatriya
clan (one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with
warrior hood) had in-laws in Nepal as well, however he attained enlightenment
in Bodh Gaya in India.
The Buddha in Hinduism
is Bhagwan Buddha, who was born in a Brahmin clan and is considered as the ten
incarnations of Bhagwan Vishnu, the story of the ten incarnations is the story
of the evolution of human race, starting from the life form that originated in
water to the perfect human being (I have written a blog for the same)
Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatar at Dwaraka Tirumala temple, Andhra Pradesh
Hindus of India, Nepal
& Bhutan who carry out rituals study about the Buddha avatar but do not
know about Bhagwan Buddha.
Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatara at Airavatesvara Temple
The Bhavishya Purana
literally meaning future puran is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana
genre of Hinduism, and implies it is a work that contains prophecies regarding
the future, mentions Bhagwan Buddha to be born in a Brahmin clan in India
Also in Srimad bhagwat
the location of Buddha avatar in said to be Kikateshu Bhavishyati i.e. Bhagwan
Vishnu will incarnate as Buddha in Kikat. Kikat term as been mentioned in
Rigveda too and Kikat denotes a particular location as per the commentary by
Saayanacharya. Though, the particular
location has not been specified. Chaitnya Mahaprabhu was fond of the world
famous Shridhar Teeka which is the commentary written by Shridhar Swami on
Srimad Bhagwat, here Shridhar Swami has defined Kikat as the area of Gaya. In
Kikateshu Bhavishyati, Kikat means Gaya. Like Puri is a part of Purushottam
area similarly Gaya is a part of Kikat area.
The shankaracharya of
Govardhan Math, puri, Sri Nischalananda Saraswati ji has done research on this found
a location and says that there is a village of Brahmins at a hillock and there
is an ancient icon of Buddha there.
Also in Agni puran
dhyana (meditation) of Bhagwan Buddha has been detailed and his description
like long ears is given
The shankaracharya of
puri says that the Buddhists have drawn his picture on the basis of that shloka
(verse) in Agni puran and have established it as Gautam Buddha, he further
accuses Amarasimha who was a Buddhist and who created Amarakosha (note on
Amarkosha written at the end) that he very cleverly wrote the names of Bhagwan
Buddha, and Gautam Buddha together. He used a word as a divider in between
which people fail to understand as a divider due to which incarnated Bhagwan Buddha
has been forgotten and Gautam Buddha has become famous as the Buddha.
Bhagwan stands for
God, the Buddhist do not believe in God, Gautama is the Buddha who has passed
away and Maitreya, in Buddhist traditions is a bodhisattva who will appear on
Earth in the future and will be the future Buddha
According to Buddhist
tradition, Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self-born
eternal Buddha Amitabha, whose figure is represented in his headdress, and he
guards the world in the interval between the departure of the historical
Buddha, Gautama, and the appearance of the future Buddha, Maitreya.
Both the Hindu as well
as the Buddhist Buddhas have the same gotra (lineage classification) named
“Gautam” which further adds to the confusion
Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatar of Vishnu in a Persian-style painting
I often think of the 6000 year old idol at the
Badrinath temple of a saint sitting in mediation in padmasana pose and having
four hands (the image of maha avatar Babaji is copied from this idol, I have
written a blog on the same), some say it is the Buddha
Sketch of the idol at the Badrinath temple
The ten avatars of Vishnu, compare the second last picture of Bhagvan
Buddha with the Sketch of the idol of the Badrinath temple, sitting in
padmasana and having four hands
Note: The Amarakosha (अमरकोशः) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam (नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्) an ancient thesaurus of Sanskrit, a reference book of
Sanskrit words {A thesaurus or synonym dictionary [A synonym is a word,
morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word]
(note: A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language.
