Friday, March 7, 2008

Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu,a Hindu God

Chaitanya Dasa of Orissa, a Vaishnava who wrote the Nirguna Mahatmya openly declared Lord Buddha the greatest of the gods (Mansinha, P. 73 History of Oriya Literature). He was later considered to be an embodiment of Buddha by some Vaishnavas or Orissa (Mukherjee, P. 13 History of the Chaitanya Faith in Orissa).

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