V4-Lord Buddha -The Great And Sublime Incarnation of Lord Vishnu

 

By  PRAGYANSHARMA POLAVARAPU (Vrs.Somanchi)

Lord Buddha is another philosopher-prince worshipped as incarnation of Lord Vishnu by Hindu philosophers. But he took a different route.  He was an extremely courageous Aryan prince who became a monk at age of 29 years and renounced the pleasures of the world to study the wide spread inequalities in multiracial society of India.  He spent his entire life fighting for equality irrespective of caste and race but with a spirit of extreme love, truthfulness, highest morality, non-violence and compassion. The image the divine-hearted prince created in hearts of people was that of a sweet loving god. He travelled throughout east India and preached his philosophy of love, compassion, equality and courage for 51 long years, until he passed away (“ Maha Parinirvan”)at the age of 80 years became a new religion with a great message. His message was for leading a life of extremely high morality and non-violence and simultaneously to think every moment of helping helpless oppressed people.

  Many kings and princes and rich people felt ashamed for neglecting their duty towards the oppressed people and joined his religion and spread his message. Many great philosophers from all parts of India studied his sweet philosophy and carried his message to many countries of the world. Lord Buddha took a very scientific view of philosophy and examined every issue in a scientific, moral and spiritual way and was ever compassionate. The image of Lord Buddha in Indian literature through the centuries is an image of art and poetry.

Many consider him as the greatest philosopher born in India.  His message to intellectuals of India was that they should forsake the pleasures of life and cozy comfortable  life for at least some period of their lives, become ascetics  and tour the country and see and understand the suffering of poor and helpless people. He implemented his philosophy in his own life .It is a historic fact that many philosophers of India sincerely followed his advice through the centuries. We can also know from internet how modern India’s philosophers and intellectuals felt about him.