namaskaram jainaryan ji ,
another congratulations is due , :namaste
but please plase may I ask , ...why an ''unlikely source'' ?
To me, this is an interesting look at it from an unlikely source: Bhaktivedanta VedaBase.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 3 Verse 24. I've always read about the Buddha deluding demons, rejecting the Vedas, and so on, seemingly not giving the entire account. This purport paints a completely different picture. I'm not looking for debate, just some points of view, observations and a little discussion, if anyone would like. Personally, this clarifies a lot and puts things into perspective... but that's just me.
yes it is often wraped in different fancy language ...to delude the atheists ....deluding demons ... .....but in truth which ever way it is said , ...Lord Buddha appeared to re establish Dharma
the common account as I was taught it is not that Lord Buddha went against the vedas but that he went against the corupt practices of the Brahmin preists of that area and of that day ....
if we look at this sencibly we will see that every incarnation comes to save the world from calamity and re establish Dharma , thus the distinguishing factor is the comtinuance of Dharma nad the defeating of adharma ,
some seem to favour the Idea of Balarama as the eighth incarnation some Vitobha and some Jaganath , ....but again applying reason to these theories there are sound reasons for discounting these three as incarnations of visnu in the sence of dasavatara's , ...for reasons I have given before ...
Balarama is not a direct avatar of visnu as he comes to assist Krsna perform his duty , as laksmana comes to assist Rama , ...both Balarama and laksmana are incarnations of Anantashesha thus as they are inseperable comes as the brother , similarly Visnu's consort lakshmi accompanies Krsna as Radha and Rama as Sita ,
Vitobha must be discounted as Vitobha is a a form of Krsna his consort is Rukmini devi however things have become confused with many , ambedkar being one who claims that vitobha is Buddha , therefore he is the ninth incarnation.....which defies logic , but suits ambedkars ends to promote such as it enforces his political preference towards Buddhism ....
and finaly Jaganatha who is also put forth in Odisha as the ninth incarnation ... which canot be so as Jaganatha is in his own rights lord of the universe , hre is again a form of Krsna thus he is accompanied by Baladeva ....Balarama(who is white as is Balarama) and Subardradevi ...the half sister of krsna ....
the addoption in Odisha of Jaganatha and Vithoba in Maharashtra is mere delightfull fondness :bow:
and a small aside for vinajaka ji Patanjali also is considered to be an incarnation of Ananta Shesha , as is Ramanujacharia :namaste
I hope this adds a little to the general prespective .....
