1182. Maha Vishnu as Bauddha....!

Buddha was sitting in the seat of silence under a huge tree. A villager approached Him and asked, “Do you agree that God exist?”

Buddha replied, “No, I don’t agree!”

A few hours later another villager came to Buddha and asked. “There is no God, what do you have to say?”

Buddha said, “Of course yes! He is present!”

Then another person came to Buddha and asked, “Does God Exist?”

Buddha closed His eyes and remained in the seat of silence for a few minutes.

The person looked at Buddha closing His eyes and closed his eyes too. No one knew what transpired and the man bowed down to Buddha in reverence and said, “I had approached many Masters with this question, none could answer. You are the only one who provided the answer.” and he left.

Now the disciples of Buddha were confused as Buddha’s answer to the three was contradictory and conflicting answers. One of them asked, “O Master! you gave different answer to the three similar question could you please dispel our confusion.”

Buddha explained, “Fundamentally my answers to the questions do not relate to God. My focus was more on the questioner than the question. The question from the first person sounded to me like he was a theist. The second was an atheist. The two were not firm on their belief and wanted my opinion. My understanding is that sceptical beliefs are hurdles for realization of Truth. Whether it is a theist or an atheist they are bound by their own beliefs and dogmas. A firm believer or a firm atheist do not ask others opinion. The first and second person had already some opinion in their mind with which they were not satisfied. So I had to answer to them against their belief. As far as the third person is concern he was seeking Truth. He had nothing in his mind but wanted to know. So I remained silent looking within. My message to him was to remain silent, contemplate and know. Some questions cannot be answered in words; they have to be felt and experienced within. He simply followed me and in silence he went within, something transpired. The answer he got made him overwhelmed with gratitude. I did not provide any intellectual answer yet he was able to relish the taste of the Existing Truth.”

Maha Vishnu appeared as Bauddha to nudge us from clinging to rituals and dogmas. Some say Bauddha rejected Vedas and hence He cannot be an incarnation of Maha Vishnu. The truth is that He appeared to correct our mistakes in getting stuck in the Karmakhanda (Ritualistic) section of Vedas and push us towards the Jnanakhanda (Wisdom).

Bauddha uttered thus:

“Sarvam Kshanikam Kshanikam,

Sarvam Dukham Dukham,

Sarvam Svalakshanam Svalakshanam,

Sarvam Shunyam Shunyam.”

The literary meaning is: 

“Everything is Temporary, 

Everything is Unpleasant, 

Everything is of its own Nature, 

Everything is Void.” 

But one can analyse it as:

Life is momentary and we need to use this present moment without wasting it for unnecessary activities.

Bhagavata Purana talks of pleasant moments and unpleasant moments in our life; it compares our Pleasant moments to Mustard and Unpleasant moments to Meru Parvata (Mountain Meru).  

  

Every person or thing is unique in his or its own Nature and hence everything is different from the other. This difference divides us and diversity prevails.

At the end everything becomes invalid or worthless. How many kings ruled this land where are they now, buried in the sands of time? This reality makes us think that in future this present is a Shunya.