Re: about balaraamar avathaaram
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• June 4, 1995
Re: acceptance of Buddha in North I think it probably began around the time of Jayadeva (c.11th-12th centuries), because he is the first one that I know of who included Buddha among the 10 avataaras. Buddha was reckoned an avataara earlier, but in a diabolical and rather offensive sense. Some puraanas say that the Lord took the form of Buddha to destroy evil elements in society by confusing them and taking them away from the Vedas. Anyway, in Jayadeva's daSaavataara stotram, Buddha displaces Krishna! The rationale at the end of the stotra is that Krishna as the Parabrahman takes on all 10 forms, so there is no need to count him separately. I am told that orthodox pundits, including the Gaudiya Vaishnavas (of which the Hare Krishnas are a branch), still do not accept the inclusion of Buddha in the list of 'good' avataaras. I do not know the origin of the inclusion. Mani
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