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SanathanaDharma
Dear Friend,
Let us summarize the scriptures of Sanathana Dharma to understand who accordingly is Buddha
Before getting to understand Buddha, lets take a simple example...
If we talk about the today's knowledge in technology, there are quite good advancements in the field of electronics, atomic physics
and chemical industries.....
"ANYONE" interested , who is doing studies and research on the above mentioned topics can gain expertise in the field....
now the term "Anyone" includes both "good" and "evil".....
- many scientists and researchers, who belong to the "good" category, use those technologies to
invent new things which will actually help mankind..which actually benefit mankind...
- many others who belong to the "evil" category, use the same technology to destroy mankind, cause
harm to everyone...
Common factor above is "availability of knowledge or technology"...
The major issue being this knowledge or vidya is available to both good and evil.....
now lets get into our scriptures....around the end of dwapara yuga..there was chaos everywhere....adharmis started to grow up everywhere...now the "technologies and knowledge" which allow one to master the skills of weaponry...tricks to cause illusions...techniques to do gain greater power and strength....
all these were part of the vedas...as anything that is vidya or knowledge is veda....performing a yagna correctly could yield huge powers bestowed on Anyone[good or evil] who performs it correctly...
again at that point of time there were both good and evil people everywhere...and the percentage of evil was increasing...
good people could do a yagna prescribed in a vedas to bestow beneficial results on mankind..where as the evil ones
followed the same yagna only gain power and cause harm to others....
so again the
Common factor was "vedas or knowledge and the technology to gain power and strength"....
The major issue was that this was available for both good and evil....
example...demons like Ravana and Hiranyakashyapu, followed the vedas, did very vigorous yagnas and tapasya,
and got the boons frm bramha, only to destroy everything...
the main point is "when evil get access to knowledge, they use it for destruction"....
the knowledge about atomic science can be used to provide energy to millions and also destroy millions in a second, if used in a wrong way...
the chemical know how can be used to invent new medicines which can save lives and also be used to kill people instantly when misused...
so, at that point the "evil" people were using vedas to gain power to destroy others...now Sri Maha Vishnu was approached by the saints and demigods to provide a solution for this problem...and Sri Maha Vishnu, Who is the creator of maaya, Who can mesmerize anyone using His maya[remember mohini avatar], took up a form which could throw the mask of maya "which mis-leads"...Paramathma took up such a form of that person who "instructs about enlightenment" or one who does "bodhana".....This Avatar of Sri Vishna had such an effect that anyone around would automatically get attracted to His divine effulgence...
Sri Maha Vishnu, then started to preach "ONLY" those "evil" ones who
were using "vedas" for destructive purposes to completely abandon everything, including the vedas, and follow His instruction of "nothingness" alone...the maya of Sri Hari was so strong that every evil person was so easily trapped,
like a fish that falls for a tasty worm as bait, they started to completely give up the vedas...
when the evil stopped using the vedas to get power and use it for destruction, they followed the advice of Paramathma to give up
everything, dharma started to get back.....which again was the intention of Paramathma.......
as Sri Krishna beautifully says in Bhagavad Gita, whenever there is a decline in dharma, He comes to rescue...He takes up different Avatars,
suitable according to time, place and requirement and re-establishes dharma...as He is dharma personified....
A few questions:
- Why did Maha Vishnu not kill them instead, like He does usually?
Not everyone is "lucky enough" to be killed by Paramathma, because its only those who have done extremely good deeds, but have erred very slightly, are born as great asuras...and in order to maintain the "karma phala rule", their good deeds are rewarded in a way where Paramathma Himself comes
to kill them , so that they, even though are currently asuras, can take their last breath looking at that Parabramha Himself...moreover all this is His leela, which we mortals can only try to understand...
- So, is it ok to follow the teachings of Budha[to give up everything], as He is yet another Avatar of Sri Vishnu?
Absolutely NOT, unless you belong to that "evil" category...
- Why?
If "giving up everything including the duty" was right, today we would NEVER EVER have had "Bhagawad Gita"....
if giving up everything is right, then Sri Krishna would have simply joined Arjuna, both of them would have given up their dharma, duty and everything and would have go into the forest, instead of fighting for dharma....
what one should see is the purpose of Sri Maha Vishnu taking up the Bhuddha avatar, again only to save dharma.."to mislead the evil from materialistic knowledge and power gains"...When the basic purpose of the Avatar was to mis-lead "ONLY the evil" away from vedas, why should someone "good" even try to follow that..Paramathma uses different ways, only to protect dharma
- Is Gautham Siddharta, the one we know as Buddha, the avatar?
According to Puranas, Gauthama Siddharta is not even mentioned anywhere...
The Avatar of Sri Vishnu was not born as a kshatriya on earth....
This Avatar not only led away the evil on earth, but also in the heavens, and Gauthama Siddharta did not do any such thing...So...a rough conclusion is that just like thousands of swamijis and gurujis, are considered as God, the same thing can be applied to Gauthama Siddhartha....
Most importantly, Siddharta gave up his duty as a "kshatriya", which contradicts the very basic concept of dharma....as Sri Krishna very clearly says, one must perform his duty, and "sanyasa or tyaaga[renunciation]" is not regarding duty, BUT only towards the results of the duty...
- So, does that mean a kshatriya should never go in the search of truth?
Absolutely he can...but being a kshatriya, one must do his prescribed duty, being unattached to the results, thus making him a "Raja Yogi"..as Sri Krishna asks Arjuna to be like King Janaka of Videha, who was a Raja rishi...giving up of prescribed duties is never dharma nor a solution..
when one does the prescribed duty as an offering to Him and always remains in His thoughts, he is sure to reach Him...
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