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14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
teacher was an illusory form of Vishnu, while the Daityas could not be destroyed whilst they performed the sacred rites adn were slain b the gods]'
-- [V.P. Bk III Ch XVIII p. 271]
At this time, reminded of the Kali Age, the god Vishnu became born as Gautama, the Shakyamuni, and taught the Buddhist dharma for ten years. Then Shuddodana ruled for twenty years, and Shakyasimha for twenty. At the first stage of the Kali Age, the path of the Vedas was destroyed and all men became Buddhists. Those who sought refuge with Vishnu were deluded. - Bhavishya Purana
"tatah kalau sampravritte sammohaya sura-dvisham buddho namnaйjana-sutah kikateshu bhavishyati
Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga [he] will become the Buddha by name, the son of Anjana, in Bihar, for the purpose of confusing those who were enemies of the devas. - (srimad-bhagavatam 1.3.24)
"deva-dvisham nigama-vartmani nishthitanam purbhir mayena vihitabhir adrishya-turbhih lokan bhnatam mati-vimoham atipralobham vesham vidhaya bahu bhashyata aupadharmyam
When the atheists, after being well versed in the Vedic scientific knowledge, annihilate inhabitants of different planets, flying unseen in the sky on well-built rockets prepared by the great scientist Maya, the Lord will bewhilder their minds by dressing Himself attractively as Buddha and will preach on subreligious principles." Bhag., Canto 2, Ch. 7, Text 37
In a sense this is what really happenned. Atheism gave way to theism even within Buddhism soon after the Ministry of St.Thomas in Asia. As a result Brahminism was able to worm in the newly formed Hinduism whereby they came back to control the power over the Indian masses.
nindasi yajnavidhe rahaha zRti jAtaM sadaya hRidaya darzita pazu ghAtaM
kezava! dhRta buddha zarIra!
jaya jagadIza! hare!
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