Are you considering Gautam Buddha and Lord Buddha to be the same? Know the difference between the two.
Lord_Buddha and Gautam_Buddha?
Many times when we read about Gautam Buddha, we feel that Buddha is the same person, people of all ages often have this confusion and students are also most confused about this, but why not? Why not, because there is a lot of similarity in the name, clan and works of both of them, so friends, it is a very interesting topic, today we will know about Lord Buddha and Gautam Buddha, their birth and caste, and later about their society. What were your respective contributions?
Special Gautam Buddha and Lord Buddha are not the same. Lord Buddha is the ninth incarnation among the ten major incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Lord Kshirodshayi Vishnu. He was incarnated only to stop the unnecessary violence against animals in the sacrificial system. His mother’s name was Mrs. Anjana and father’s name was Hemsadan, whose birthplace is in ‘Gaya’ (Bihar), India.
The thing to consider is that Shakyasingh Buddha, son of Shuddhodana and Maya, whose childhood name was Siddhartha and Lord Buddha are not the same. Shri Shakya Singh was a very knowledgeable person, he attained spiritual realization after rigorous penance, after which he was called Buddha. Whereas Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Vishnu.
Coincidentally, Gautam Buddha performed penance at the same place where Lord Buddha performed penance. That’s why people considered both to be the same.”
Shakyasingh Buddha i.e. Gautam Buddha was born in the forests of Lumbini in Kapilvastu in 477 BC. Whereas Lord Buddha appeared 5000 years ago in a place called ‘Gaya’ in present-day Bihar.
Whereas according to Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran (1.3.24) and Shrinarsimha Puran (36/29), Lord Buddha came to this earth about 5000 years ago while Gautam Buddha came 2491 years ago. What it means to say is that Gautam Buddha and Lord Buddha are not the same.
According to Jagadguru Shankaracharya Nischalanand Saraswati, the head of Shri Govardhan Math Puri, Lord Buddha and Gautam Buddha were different persons born in different times. Gautam Buddha, who has been described as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was born in a Brahmin family in Kikat region (Magadha). And Gautam Buddha, born in Kapilavastu hundreds of years after his birth, was a Kshatriya prince.
Lord Buddha belonged to the Brahmin family.
When Shankaracharya ji asked people, they said that it was the Brahmins who started the worship by declaring Buddha as the incarnation of God, on which he said that the Buddha who is discussed in the rituals is different. Lord Buddha has also been discussed in the Vedas. Who is an incarnation of God. These are also discussed in Shrimad Bhagavatam. Who was born in Brahmin family.
what caused the confusion
Shankaracharya ji said that Amar Singh was one of the nine gems of the royal court of King Vikramaditya. When he composed Amarkosh, the most famous dictionary of Sanskrit language. So in that book, 10 synonymous names of Lord Buddha and five synonyms of Gautam Buddha were written in the same order, due to which this situation of confusion had arisen. He composed it in the third century BC.
both had gotra
Shankaracharya said that the Gotra of both of them was Gautam. This was also a big reason why no one paid attention to this. In Agnipuran, Lord Buddha has been called Lambakarna, which means one with long ears. After which the long ears of Gautam Buddha started being made in statues. Buddhists do not consider themselves Vedic, which they are not.
Buddhists do not consider themselves Hindus.
He said that Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs have all been defined as Hindus under Section 25 of the Constitution. Buddhists do not consider themselves Hindus. Now even Jains and Sikhs have started calling themselves Hindus.
