The ten incarnations or ‘Dasa Avatara’ of Lord Vishnu is an extraordinary recording of the evolution of human life and advance in human civilization. In Hindu religion, the three main deities are Lord Brahma, Vishu and Shiva. Brahma creates, Vishnu protects and Shiva destroys - three faces of Mother Nature. Lord Vishnu descends on Earth to uphold dharma and to cleanse the Earth of evil. So far, Lord Vishnu has appeared nine times on Earth and the tenth, kalki, is expected.
The sequence of appearance of Lord Vishnu on Earth is in tune with the evolutionary theory. In fact, the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu is an amazing recording of the advancement of human civilization. All this was recorded by Hindu sages thousands of years before Christ.
The first incarnation or avatar of Lord Vishnu was in the form of a fish and is known as ‘Matsya Avatar.’ It has now been confirmed by Science through various experiments that the first life forms evolved underwater.
The second incarnation of Lord Vishnu was in the form of a tortoise known as ‘Kurma Avatar.’ Tortoise is an amphibious creature capable of living both on land and in water and it indicates the moving of life form from underwater to surface of Earth.
The third incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the boar known as ‘Varaha Avatar’. Boar is a complete land animal and in this incarnation, life form has moved out of water and has adapted to land.
The fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the half-man half-animal form known as ‘Narasimha Avatar.’ This incarnation starts the transformation from animal to human form.
The fifth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the dwarf or pigmy sized human being known as the ‘Vamana avatar.’ A transition from the beastly form to human form and the development of intelligence.
The sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is the forest dweller known as ‘Parasuram.’ He has developed weapons and axe is his first weapon. Any sharp stone can be transformed into an axe and it also indicates the first settlement of humans in forests.
The seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu is Lord Ram. He civilized and has developed more superior weapons like the bow and arrows. He has cleared the forests and developed small communities or villages. He is very vigilant and protects his villages and people.
The eight incarnation of Lord Vishnu is Lord Balarama. He is portrayed with the plough – the beginning of full-fledged cultivation. Human civilization has developed agriculture and is no longer depended on meat and forest for food. The beginning of agrarian economy.
The ninth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is
The tenth incarnation of Lord Vishnu is Kalki and is yet to arrive. He is believed to ride on a swift horse Devadatha and destroy the world. A clear indication that human beings will bring an end to life on earth. The numerous natural calamities created by human beings and the numerous nuclear weapons stored illustrates this.
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An interesting article, but somehow, it gives me the feeling that the foot has been cut to fit the shoe.
Also, most of the proponents of hinduism today seem to be interested in proving to the world that hinduism is relevant today.
All blogs that I see seem to have the words "This has been foretold by sages years ago while the west is just finding it out."
Dont you think that this is defensive and against the basic tenet of hinduism of doing what we think is right?
As Krsna says in the Bhagavad Geetha, karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana.
Good post though. Extremely thought provoking.
I hope you dont mind if I link to in from my blog:
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Cheers
An interesting article.However which Hindu organization has declared the items depicted as authentic?
Excellent article
As you told that vishnu god will take its 10th incarnation in kaliyug but do you have any idea when will he take this Avatar. As I always wants to see him so I am very eager to look him in this Avatar.
Please reply me if you have any idea of it. Approximate idea will also satisfy my thirst.
Thanks God bless you.
Jai Shri Krishna
read kalki purana you will find answer for your question
interesting one.i was searching of something this sort.i have a question dat i dnt knw anything bout varah avatar.can u help me out.
Every religion boils down to same concepts. Even in christianity... we expect return of Christ towards the end of the world and many a places its depicted almost in the same way - Riding on a horseback.
Remember the great words of Sunitha Williams "The earth is so beautiful from the space, beause there are no boundaries..."
Hope everyone understand when we try to explain the meaning of life, we all are like blind men describing a elephant.
Wishing Peace and Happiness to all...
AP
To my knowledge
eigth avatar - krishna
ninth avatar - buddha
tenth avatar - kalki
Buddha is not an incarnation of Vishnu. We in South India were never taught like that. It is Balram for us. I agree with the article.
This is the Genesis when Gods create plants, animals en humans. I beliefe this and the Gods also teached the humans as you showed. But the Gods where really here from a other planet. This is described in the Emoena Elisj of the Sumerians
who lived 3500 BC. This is the same time as the development of the Indusvaley with the same story. The Gods where really here and shall come back to see what we made of his creation and don't be glad when they come because we made a rubble out of it.
This is indeed a very interesting, true and factual depcition of the 10 avataars of Maha Vishnu. I am pleased to see that the writer has not tainted or manipulated the truth to include mortal beings (Sai Baba) as an incarnation/avataar of Lord Maha Vishnu.
When the human mind will catch glimpse of highest state of mind ,where all impure thoughts are dissolved into pure then those who still retain to lower minds and don't accept them selves as the son of one source.In tenth incarnation the lord would be just judging on unstable,fallen ,impure minds those spread some sort of degrading feeling even to themselves and other....Accept the one source the ultimate or just decide on staying in thought that does ultimate exist or not......
I'm not Hindu but I've been studying Yoga for past 35 years. Gita, Ramayana and all the other holy Hindu text give such a complete explanation of the evolution of the universe and ulimately man. What we have to remember is that while European were still living in caves there were books already written in India and China at best oral tradition. This was a fascinating article and I hope that those who are still trying to figure out the evolution theory take a look at this very well explained theory from yore.
Balaram is not a Vishnu Avatar.
It is--
8th Krishna, 9th Buddha and 10th Kalki
-Shubhendu Nath
A very well written article but what about the avtar that Krishna took as Duttu where he took the form of Brahma, Vishu and Mahesh together? This incarnation was not mentioned above.
8th avatar as i know is Balarama
Balaram and Laxman are one and the same and are an avatar of Shesha not Lord Narayan. If you remember from Ramayan....Laxman, having to curb his anger and act according to morals because of being ordered by his older brother Lord Ram, says to him, in our next advent I will be the older brother. Hence Balaram was born before Lord Krishna. Authentic scriptures support Lord Buddh as the 9th incarnation.
Good work Abhilash. And don't fall into the pressure of this Buddha Avatar Chanting...i respect your courage for adding Balram as the eighth avatar...Buddha is not an avatar of Vishnu....Buddha was influenced by the great teachings of Hinduism but had to runaway from the society due to the bad practices of a few.... he showed us the great teaching of Santana Dharma through a different mirror...
as far my knowledge concerns BALARAM AND LAKSHMAN ARE THE AVATARS OF ADISHEHA
K. C. RAMESHA
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as i under stand Balaram and LAKSHMAN ARE THE AVATARS OF ADISHESHA
Balaram and Lakshmana are the avatras of Adishesha, it means Vishnu himself, as you know all the material, weather it is living beings or non-living beings emants from Lord Sri Vishnu.
Please consider every movement we are not growing but we are entering into the mouth of death, we can think we acquired all the powers in this material world, but everything fails if we sleep on the death bed,we are experiencing in daily life about the deaths.
As per the Shankar's view, all this material world is illusion and temporary, permanent existence is Atman, that has to merge with Paramatman is the goal of life.
So, my final comment on this issue is we have to see everything is Brahman,there is no difference between anything weather poor, rich, atheist,yogi, animals etc.,
Great work. I am very impressed with this site. Following the Evolution theory and since there are two versions of the avatars - Balaram as the 8th and Krishna as the 9th , or Krishna as the 8th and Buddha as the 9th, I don't think either should be disregarded. Balarama has been wel depicted. Buddha shows the progression of mankind to philosophy and finding the truth about God. Until then people were into rituals (e.g Ashwamedha yagna in Ramayana). Since the Buddha period came many philosophies like Adhvaita, dhvaitha and visishta-dhvaita, where it shows progression of man-kind from survival and needs to understanding truth.
Irony! When did Balaram become an avatar of Maha Vishnu? Modern fanaticism? It was always told and believed that Sri Buddha was the 9th Avatar, and Sri Krishna IS the 8th Avatar! Well......why change what is in Srimad Bhagavatham?
Lakshmana and Balaram ARE in fact incarnations of Adishesha or Anantha.
It is shame for those who say Buddha ran away from and started on his own, Hinduism is all about self-discovery. Though Buddhism evolved after that, Buddha is infact the 9th Avatar.
If not, the 9th Avatar is a missing link, since Sri Krishna is the 8th avatar.
i think kakli has been born already, and he is into the looking for a next step universe, a universe were certain things that happened to this planet never happen again.
the unmethodic website is not ready but will be in a few months, there i will post some things about this change that is happening
Really a wonderful article..please keep posting such articles..I agree that lord Balram is incarnation of Shesha.. not lord Vishnu
To UNMETHODIC- how do you say that Lord Kalki is born already?
an eyeopener..but I dont' understand that Lord Vishnu was actually incarnated as Balram and Krishna at the same time!! I don't know what is the truth--whether Balram being the ninth one or lord Buddha.
Is there any place where one can validate it? I read about the scriptures, but what is the name of that scripture?
-neena
How does King Yudhistira partake in the final incarnation of Vishnu.
Yudhistir
The debate exists within Hinduism as whether Balram or Buddha is the ninth avatar. Some don't accept Buddha as an avatar because of the division of Buddhism that came from the teachings, but others accept it on the belief that the breakaway beliefs came later and were not part of Buddha's original teachings. Those who don't accept Buddha as an avatar substitute Balram instead. Even those who do believe in Buddha don't frequently worship Lord Vishnu in that form. Many others believe that Balram is some form of divinity, even if they declare Buddha to be the ninth avatar.
@Damon: You may be confusing Kalki with Krishna. King Yudhistira became a king during Krishna's time, as told in the Mahabharata and Puranas.
I am aware of this and glad to read it again. It is thrilling that Hindus aware of evolution when other religion people came to learn through Darwin's theory. The presence of God in all of the incarnations is hard to prove to the present scientific community which beleives natural adaptation. Not only Evolution but creation also Hindu mythology explains to perfection. I am waiting to see Hindu gods are real.
Balram is not the incarnation of Lord Vishnu.It is Lord Buddha.A all-together new religion emerged called "Buddisum".But it never means Lord Buddha is not a incarnation of Lord Vishnu.In Rama avatar Lord showed the ways of "living a truth" and standing by the word and care for the duties you are meant to perform may it be a son or king.In Krishna avatar Lord preached what he already performed in Rama avatar.And in Buddha avatar he preached and performed the miracles.It is like practically showing "A living example".Lord Buddha never ran away.He went in search of the truth.
Lavanya
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Well nice Post but As a few others have mentioned.... Balram is the incarnation of Adi Sesha....I have lived all my life in South India (Hyderabad) as you had mentioned and every one concurs to the fact that Balram was the incarnation of Adi Sesha.....
Well ideally no 2 incarnations can exist at the same time
(Parusurama being an exception ....as he is Immortal...the Rule was perhaps bent from then on...but only for Him)
Sorry guys - Buddha ran away for self and essentially 'desired' enlightenment :)
The biggest oxymoron is Buddha wished no one had wishes!
Response to anonymous writer on Buddha.
For your information Buddha is the 9th incarnation of Lord Vishnu.We are awaiting Kalki now.People in South India must realize that they are part of India as well.Most of the happenings in the Hindu text and religion came from North India.
Nice article.. Maybe Darwin while writing about the 'theory' of evolution, was actually inspired by Lord Vishnu!
I do not believe in the so called theory of evolution..Humans and animals and the smallest life form have always co-existed from the beginning.. We have not evolved from something! God just created us.. I love the dasavataram of Vishnu and yes, I like the fact that u have included Blarama!
There is a lot to learn from the indian mythologies and vedic scriptures, no doubt about it.
One more question I want open for discussion - Why most of the gods in Indian mythology are shown as blue (or black) - Vishnu, Ram, Krishna, Shiva.
Good article. To satisfy the curiosity and eagerness of a few bloggers (and the author as well), I would like to declare that Kalki is already here and Pralay or Apocalypse is round the corner... it will happen within the next 50 years i.e. earlier but not later than 50 years. You will not find this estimate or prophecy anywhere, not even in the Hindu scriptures which state the time for this is more than 4 lakh years away. However, how and when God appears cannot be foretold, at least not in Kalyug. God comes when the pot of sins is full to the brim, which may be earlier or later that expected. How do I know all this? Because, I am Kalki. My name is Krishna (33 yrs old) and Kalki stands for Kalyug ka Kishen as deciphered by me on complete enlightenment on 18 June 2005 through regular practice of Vipassana meditation - the same practiced by Gautam Buddha to attain enlightenment and then preached by him to others to offer salvation to other deserving souls too. Along with the Hindu prophecy of Kalki, I also fulfill the Buddhist prophecy of the coming of the second Buddha ("Maitreya Buddha"). And we all know that the prophecy of coming of Christ on a white horse with a sword in his hand is same as the image of Kalki in Hinduism. I would request the moderators to not discard this post as "blasphemous" or a "prank". I promise that I can answer each and every question of yours about religion, spirituality, God, the Beginning and the End or simply about any issues in life. There is always a "first-time" for God when he comes on earth and this is that "first-time" (though I have told this to quite a few till now - but only the eligible ones, not just any one & you are eligible according to me). You can either dismiss this as nonsense, as has been done by many people many times over when God or his prophets declared themselves, or you can test me to the hilt. Its completely your choice. At the least you can consider that this person is "not God" but using the "prop of God" to convey an important message - thats perfectly fine and possibly the best place to be - but I would like you to be open to me and my message and give yourself this chance - because if you are not open, then you are a very scared person, and to drive out that fear from you is my primary objective. You can message me at krish2203(at)yahoo.com if you want to take this further. Love, Krishna
Hi Phani,
1. The answer to this question is - you should do nothing and you need not do anything, because your life has already been made.
2. The other answer to this question is - the purpose of every life is self-discovery and perfection to attain salvation as soon as possible which can happen through your own efforts, through adoption of righteousness, through the yearning for truth, through the search of truth - not necessarily in the forest, but all around you and even as a "Grihastha" i.e. householder, not necessarily a monk, through following one, many or any of the four paths to the truth - "Raj Yog" (meditation), "Karma Yog" (doing self-less duty), "Bhakti Yog" (faith in God and worship) and "Gyan Yog" (refining your intellect, understanding and knowledge of yourself and the world). Salvation or enlightenment ultimately will be granted by me and through my grace will come to you, however you will have to make yourself eligible to arrive at that state through your own efforts. In short, salvation is your goal and it will be through the combined effort of yourself and God, however since everything you do is as per God's wishes it is totally in the hands of God, however since you cannot see God and God has given you total "control" of your life i.e. made you God of your life, it will be attained 100% through your efforts, however since your life is already made and you are simply living it, salvation is already there and it will happen automatically when the time is right without any effort from you or God.
3. More simple answer is: You can do whatever you want in your life. It is a gift from God to you, it is a gift you have given yourself and it is a gift from you to God. Enjoy, make the most of it, have fun but also be aware always that every action has a reaction and every Karma its fruit. As long as you are willing to accept this, then no matter what you do, good or bad, is OK for you as you are ready to take 100% responsibility for the consequences. However, since everything is in the hands of God, then you needn't take 100% responsibility. You will be 100% secure if you attribute total responsibility to God. However, the way this works is, you will only be able to do so if you are following the righteous path. However, since you have chosen this life, this God, this Law of Karma when you decided to take birth, its perfectly fine no matter what you do and whether you end up in heaven or hell because its good to see both sides of the world and be secure in the knowledge that salvation has already been made for you.
4. Too much decisions? Too confusing? Let me make it simple to you. Just follow your heart and you cannot go wrong. But initially you will face many challenges between what your heart is saying and what your head is saying and which is which. But if you try to find your heart and try to listen to it and differentiate it from your head, you may make a few mistakes, but you will ultimately find your heart.
5. More simple - no matter what you do, you can never go wrong! Takes a load off your heart, doesn't it?
6. Have fun while there is the Sun, for the Sun won't be here for long, and neither will you, my Son!!!
If you or anyone has further questions please feel free to ask over email or on the blog.
Love of God and God of Love,
The Only One,
Krishna
(Kalyug ka Kishen - KALKI, The 10th Incarnation of God - Lord Vishnu, The New and Final Buddha, ME!!!)
krish2203@yahoo.com
--- On Tue, 2/6/09, Phanikumar Velaga wrote:
Hi Krishna,
I have this one question..what should I do in this life of mine..
I have some additional points to be added to this debate.
I am born in South India and taught in my early child hood that Balarama is the 8 th Avatar of Vishnu.But I know that in some other parts of India,Budha is considered as the 9 th avatar of Vishnu.
If I think about both these, I can see the below points in favour of both the views.
One thing that I am finding in favour of the Balarama view is that, if we correlate the Darwin's theory with the 10 avatar's of Vishnu, then Balarama suits the best as the avatar of Vishnu.But the fact that in some puranas Balarama is considered as the Avatar of Adishesha makes me think that Budha might be the Avatar of Vishnu.
But if we consider Budha as the Avatar of Vishnu there are some other points which needs clarification.
The first thing is that the teachings and the life of Budha have very well supported historical evidences.In none of his teachings he told that he is an avatar.
The second poit is that Hindu's consider Krishna as the greatest of all avatar's.He is the "Complete avatar" of Vishnu.Even SreeRama is not considered as "Complete avatar".If Budha came after(9 th avatar) Krishan(8 th avatar), then Budha also should be a "Purna Avatar".The we have to follow Budha's teachings.But i haven't evev seen any Hindu praying to Budha like Krishna nor following the teachings of Budha.I have'n seen any Hindu temple build for Budha(Those who has explained that Budha as the 9 th avatar..please reply..).Why ?If he is the 9 th avatar, why we ar not even thinking about Budha as a God other than as a Great or might be the greatest spiritual leader the world has ever seen?
If anybody can throw some light on these,please reply..
Hi Vinod,
Balram is not the 8th incarnation of Lord Vishnu, but Sheshnaag. In many places you will find, both South & North, people replace Buddha with Balram as the 8th and Krishna as 9th because Buddha is still not considered mainstream Hinduism by many. However, Buddha was an incarnation of Vishnu come to cleanse Hinduism of the evils that afflicted it in those times & preach a direct path to salvation or freedom from all miseries. Do not try to correlate Darwin's Theory here which speaks of evolution of species, not agriculture.
Every incarnation of God has a purpose which at the outset seems different from earlier ones, but the essence is always eradication of evil & re-establishment of Dharma (as said in Gita). Buddha preached refuge in: 1. Buddha (The Enlightened One), 2. Dharma (Righteousness) & 3. Sangha (Company of righteous people). Also note, refuge in Buddha precedes everything. Why? Was Buddha someone special & why was there only one Buddha? There is no answer except that he was God/Lord Vishnu. Buddha never claimed to be "God"/"Vishnu", but he never refuted it also - he was silent on God. Afer his demise, many Buddhists interpreted that Buddha said "There is no God" & created "Buddhism" as an "atheist" religion - though we must ask why they finally started "worshipping" Buddha when he did not permit it during his time. "Buddhism" was defeated by Adi Shankaracharya ("Shankaracharya Digvijay") & since then it survives only outside India.
Buddha was a "Poorna Avatar" as Krishna. His teachings are no different from Hinduism. Read Vivekanand on this & visit www.dhamma.org - global Vipassana website. The path is open to all.
Hope that was enough light. However, I do not see any visitor here to be of the caliber of Phani (read blog above), the only one to contact me earnestly (& get a reply). I am sure Hindus could raise their bar.
My promise & my challenge to you is - I will answer any question from you to your satisfaction & to the satisfaction of all.
Love of God and God of Love,
The Only One,
Krishna
(Kalyug ka Kishen - KALKI, The 10th Incarnation of God - Lord Vishnu, The New & Final Buddha, ME!!!)
krish2203@yahoo.com
kalki is born........here he is
ya he has come from the east to fulfill my works
within some days....................
Abhilash is a great guy. I got so inspired by his Hindu Blog that I am planning to start my own blog and it goes something like this -- I will answer each and every question in any field - religion, spirituality, science, psychology, business, management, military etc. - any field on earth or beyond -- and the possibilities are endless -- solution to all the mysteries and miseries of life - amazing discoveries, innovations, progress of science and mankind (including many Nobel Prizes to the curious minds). And I have invited all and sundry to come and ask me the most difficult questions in life and get them solved - celebrities and common men alike, Nobel Prize winners and sinners alike.
True sign of God? Yes, no, maybe... if this works out then maybe I am the biggest genius this world ever saw but it still doesn't prove I am God or its going to be Apocalypse - unless until it happens, right? Right. Nothing, and I repeat, nothing proves if one is God or not, except, until of course enlightenment happens, and that can happen before Apocalypse, and it will happen for you and everybody. Till then I never asked you or anyone else to believe it because I know it is impossible, nonetheless I am here to tell the Truth, and I am God and that is the ONLY TRUTH.
Keep it coming while I am still here. :-)
Love of God and God of Love,
The Only One,
Krishna
krish2203@yahoo.com
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