Am I A Hindu? a father and son dicussion
What is an Avatar?---Avatar means incarnation of God on earth.
What is an Avatar?
Avatar is a Sanskrit word literally meaning “ descent” -- descent of God to earth. Avatar can come any form not necessarily always come as a human being.
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Among Trimurtis -----[ Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Siva]
Only Lord Vishnu takes avatars.
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An Avatar is an incarnation of God.
Whenever God come down to earth in any form then we call that an Avatar.
According to that definition, Jesus Christ can be considered as an Avatar, even though there is no mention about Jesus Christ in any of the Hindu scriptures.
Scriptures do not describe any appearance as an avatar by Brahma or Shiva.
Only Lord Vishnu takes Avatar.
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Lord Krishna said in Bhagavad-Gita (4.7-8):
“Whenever there is a decline in Dharma [righteousness] and rise of Adharma [non-righteousness]
I descend Myself,
for the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of righteousness,
I come into being from age to age."
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• Lord Vishnu took 10 major Avatars knows as Dasa Avatars and 12 minor Avatars. Some Puranas describe Balarama as the 9th avatar. After Buddhism became popular and Jaya Deva wrote GITA GOVINDA , Lord BUDDHA is described as the 9th avatar.
•Dasa Avatars are
1---------Matsya [fish]
2---------Kurma [ tortoise]
3---------Varaha [ boar]
4---------Narasimha [man-lion]
5---------Vamana [ dwarf]
6---------Parasurma [warrior]
7---------Rama [householder]
8---------Krishna
9---------Buddha
10---------Kalki [ man on the white horse]
next Avatar to come is KALKI ...after 427,000 years later
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Am I A Hindu? is an international Best Seller about Hindu Culture. It is a very lively discussion between a 14 year old American born Indian teenager and his middle aged father about every aspect of Hinduism in very simple question and answer format in 90 chapters. Highly recommended for all libraries by LIBRARY JOURNAL and BOOKLIST magazines in USA….This book is used in many universities in USA and Canada in their world religion classes.
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What is an Avatar?---Avatar means incarnation of God on earth.
What is an Avatar?
Avatar is a Sanskrit word literally meaning “ descent” -- descent of God to earth. Avatar can come any form not necessarily always come as a human being.
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Among Trimurtis -----[ Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Siva]
Only Lord Vishnu takes avatars.
____________________________________________________________
An Avatar is an incarnation of God.
Whenever God come down to earth in any form then we call that an Avatar.
According to that definition, Jesus Christ can be considered as an Avatar, even though there is no mention about Jesus Christ in any of the Hindu scriptures.
Scriptures do not describe any appearance as an avatar by Brahma or Shiva.
Only Lord Vishnu takes Avatar.
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Lord Krishna said in Bhagavad-Gita (4.7-8):
“Whenever there is a decline in Dharma [righteousness] and rise of Adharma [non-righteousness]
I descend Myself,
for the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of righteousness,
I come into being from age to age."
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• Lord Vishnu took 10 major Avatars knows as Dasa Avatars and 12 minor Avatars. Some Puranas describe Balarama as the 9th avatar. After Buddhism became popular and Jaya Deva wrote GITA GOVINDA , Lord BUDDHA is described as the 9th avatar.
•Dasa Avatars are
1---------Matsya [fish]
2---------Kurma [ tortoise]
3---------Varaha [ boar]
4---------Narasimha [man-lion]
5---------Vamana [ dwarf]
6---------Parasurma [warrior]
7---------Rama [householder]
8---------Krishna
9---------Buddha
10---------Kalki [ man on the white horse]
next Avatar to come is KALKI ...after 427,000 years later
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Am I A Hindu? is an international Best Seller about Hindu Culture. It is a very lively discussion between a 14 year old American born Indian teenager and his middle aged father about every aspect of Hinduism in very simple question and answer format in 90 chapters. Highly recommended for all libraries by LIBRARY JOURNAL and BOOKLIST magazines in USA….This book is used in many universities in USA and Canada in their world religion classes.
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www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&A...
____________________________________________________________
www.amazon.com/Am-Hindu-The-Hinduism-Primer/dp/1879904063...