Sri: Srimate Ramanujaya nama: Srimate Varavara munaye nama: Sri Nappinnai, In addition to Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan's wonderful quote from PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi, let me add Sri Vanamamalai Padmanabhan's quotation of Thirumangai AzhwAr in one of the sister fora (oppiliappan): Begin quote >> The ten avathArA-s have been precisely spelt out by sri kaliyan in his periya thiru mozhi ".mEnodu Amai kEzhal ari kuRaLAi, munnum irAmanAi, thAnAi, pinnum irAmanAi, dhAmodharanAi kaRkiyum AnAn thannai.." periya thiru mozhi 8-8-10 mEnOdu=matsyam; Amai==kUrmam; kEzhal=varAham; ari=narasimham; kuRaL=vAmanam; munnum irAman=parasu rAman thAnAi=chakravarthith thirumagan;pinnum irAmanAi=bala rAman dhAmOdharan=krishNan;=kaRki-kalki. Another reference to sri bala rAmar nAchiyAr thiru mozhi "patti mEindhOr kAr yEAru pala dhEvaRku Or kEzh kanRAi.." nAchiyAr thiru mozhi 14-1. Lord krishNA behaved in a obedient manner towards His elder brother sri bala rAmar. >> end quote. As per Buddha, According to Sri Tridandi Jeeyar Swamy's discourses on the same subject that while there was indeed a BuddhAvatharan who came to mislead the asurans with false teachings, this Buddha was not the same Buddha as Siddhartha. So, the Buddha of Buddhism is not an avAtharan of Vishnu. SriVaishnavam is strongly opposed to many of Buddhism's views, and its achAryans have very clear and logical reasons for this opposition. Even the Buddha who is mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatham, is Adhi Buddha not Gautama Buddha (his birth and life details don't match with what is given in Srimad BhAgavatham). Gautama Buddha spread a religion that was totally anti-vedic. Adhi Buddha was a "minor" (if you will) incarnation who seduced the wives of some TripurasUrAs etc.. I donno the details. Unfortunately there is a total misconception on the identities of these two identities. Also, the AzhwArs who had described about Sriman NArAyanA more than even the upanishads (in more details) have not glorified him anywhere, rather attacked his philosophy. Dasan, Kidambi Soundararajan. AzhwAr emperumAnAr JIyar tiruvadigaLE Saranam --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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