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Gautama Buddha is viewed as an avatar of the god Vishnu in Vaishnava Hinduism. Buddhist teachings do not rely on the Vedas, are atheist〔''Approaching the Dhamma: Buddhist Texts and Practices in South and Southeast Asia'' by Anne M. Blackburn (editor), Jeffrey Samuels (editor). Pariyatti Publishing: 2003 ISBN 1-928706-19-3 pg 129〕 and deny the reality of the self or Ātman; consequently, Hindu philosophers classified Buddhism as ''nāstika'' or heterodoxy within the scheme of Hinduism.〔"In Sanskrit philosophical literature, 'āstika' means 'one who believes in the authority of the Vedas' or 'one who believes in life after death'. ('nāstika' means the opposite of these). The word is used here in the first sense." Satischandra Chatterjee and Dhirendramohan Datta. An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. Eighth Reprint Edition. (University of Calcutta: 1984). p. 5, footnote 1.〕 ==In the Puranas== The Buddha is described in important Hindu scriptures, including almost all the major puranas. However, "not all of them refer to the same person: some of them refer to other persons, and some occurrences of 'buddha' simply mean 'a person possessing buddhi'; most of them, however, refer specifically to the founder of Buddhism." They portray him with two roles: preaching atheistic Vedic views in order to restore the Dharma and criticizing animal sacrifice.〔Singh, page 264.〕 A partial list of major Puranic references of the Buddha is as follows: *''Harivamsa'' (1.41) *''Vishnu Purana'' (3.18) *''Bhagavata Purana'' (1.3.24, 2.7.37, 11.4.23) *''Garuda Purana'' (1.1, 2.30.37, 3.15.26) 〔Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1982.〕 *''Agni Purana'' (16) *''Naradiya Purana'' (2.72) *''Linga Purana'' (2.71) *''Padma Purana'' (3.252)〔Dhere Ramchandra Chintaman, Shri Vitthal: ek maha samanvaya, Shri Vidya Prakashan, Pune, 1984 (Marathi)〕 In the Puranic texts, he is mentioned as one of the ten Avatars of Vishnu, usually as the ninth one. Another important scriptures that mentions him as an avatar is Parashara's ''Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra'' (2:1-5/7). Buddha is often described as a yogi or yogācārya and as a sannyāsi. His father is usually called Śuddhodhana, which is consistent with the Buddhist tradition, while in a few places the Buddha's father is named Añjana or Jina. He is described as beautiful (''devasundararūpa''), of yellow skin, and wearing brown-red or red robes.〔Singh, pp. 262–264〕 Only a few statements mention the worship of Buddha, e.g. the ''Varahapurana'' states that one desirous of beauty should worship him.〔Singh, p.267〕 In some of the puranas, he is described as having taken birth to "mislead the demons": :To delude the demons, he stood on the path in the form of a child. The foolish Jina (a demon), imagined him to be his son. Thus the lord Sri Hari expertly deluded Jina and other demons by his strong words of non-violence. In the ''Bhagavata Purana'', Buddha is said to have taken birth to restore the devas to power: Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, for the purpose of confusing the enemies of the devas, () will become the son of Anjana, Buddha by name, in the Kīkaṭas.〔 In many puranas, the Buddha is described as an incarnation of Vishnu who incarnated in order to bring either demons or mankind close to the Vedic dharma. The ''Bhavishya Purana'' contains the following: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gautama Buddha in Hinduism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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