Re: how can one say buddha was an avatar?
Though i dont understand much the complicity of Buddhism much,but one thing i am sure is that it is Advita vedanta which doesn"t revolve about blissfull brahman.
See its even controversial about birth place of buddha,and major historians now proved that he was actually born at Gautamnagar,near konark,orissa.
he must have had Hindu guru,hindu teaching in his samadhi. so his boddha(knowledge) can"t be significantly drifted away from mainstream vedanta.
he indeed stayed mum when asked about God,most spiritual saints opine that he wanted to dispell the superstition rampant at that time and also wanted to convey the message that it can"t be discussed,it has to be experienced.
second thing is said that he was not a lover.but who else has loved,compassioned not only living,but also the non-living objects ,seeing the atman inside everything???
If we see buddha in eyes of true saints,lover we can see bishnu in him,but in eyes of intellectual(pandit) we can never realize him.
AdiShankar has not revamped buddhism,but the superstition,the materialistic tantra and other dirty enetered into buddhism. any religion which is not centered around God and love for him is bound to be perished as lesser individual understands word of love better that dry intellectualism.
Buddha is and in future also will be worshiped and loved by world always.it upto us how we see him.
Man-naathah Shri Jagan-nathah Mat-guru-shri jagad-guruhu.
Mad-atma sarva-bhutatma tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
My Lord is the Lord of Universe; My teacher is the teacher of the
entire universe; and my Self is the Self of all. My salutations at the lotus-feet
of such a Guru, who has revealed such knowledge to me.
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