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Buddhists traditionally do not accept the Buddha to be a Vishnu avatar. [6] [34] B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian scholar and the Dalit leader who in 1935 declared his intention to convert from Hinduism to Buddhism and converted about 20 years later, rejected the belief that Buddha was an incarnation of Vishnu.
The latter version is followed by some Vaishnavas who do not accept the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu. [10] One list in the Mahabharata gives Rama , Rama (Dasharathi), Satvata (Krishna or Balarama), [11] the Tri-Rama. The Tantric Prapanchasara (attributed to Adi Shankara, but disputed, [12]) also omits the Buddha.
I do not believe in the incarnation of God. I do not and shall not believe that Lord Buddha was the incarnation of Vishnu. I believe this to be sheer madness and false propaganda. I shall not perform Shraddha nor shall I give pind. I shall not act in a manner violating the principles and teachings of the Buddha.
While some Hindus consider Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu, Buddhists in Sri Lanka venerate Vishnu as the custodian deity of Sri Lanka and protector of Buddhism. [156] Vishnu is also known as Upulvan or Upalavarṇā, meaning 'Blue Lotus coloured'.
Gautama Buddha is mentioned as an Avatar of Vishnu in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. [8] In the Bhagavata Purana he is twenty fourth of twenty five avatars, prefiguring a forthcoming final incarnation. A number of Hindu traditions portray Buddha as the most recent of ten principal avatars, known as the Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations of God).
English: Buddha incarnation of Vishnu, from Sunari, Medieval period. Date: 13 August 2022: Source: A Guide To The Archacological Museum At Gwalior : Author: by Garde B M
Buddha incarnation of Vishnu, from Sunari, Medieval period. Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum. The neutrality of this article is disputed.
[206] In the Bhagavata and Vishnu Puranas, the main purpose of this incarnation was to destroy certain demons who had managed to learn Vedic rites and asceticism. For this purpose, Vishnu descended as the Buddha and taught a heresy to the demons so that they would abandon the Vedas and asceticism and lose their power, allowing them to be ...