God Vishnu: incarnations and symbolism. Guardian of the universe Vishnu Which of the ten avatars of the god Vishnu, according to legend, has not yet appeared on earth
(from the future Russian-Tibetan dictionary).
Tags: Avatars of Vishnu, periods of rooting of the creative embryo, realization of Buddha nature, non-violence, duality and the Vedas, mleccha
VISHNU (Tib. khyab-'jug, ཁྱབ འཇུག; Sanskrit Vişņu, विष्णु) - “enemy of victims” (Tib. sByin-dgra, སྦྱིན དགྲ; Sanskrit y ajñari, यज्ञरि), the Guardian of the World, penetrating with Himself, according to [Theosophical Dictionary ], the second in the One Trinity (Tib. gsum ldab, གསུམ ལྡབ; Sanskrit trimūrti, त्रिमूर्ति), symbolically represented as AUM.
TEN AVATARAS OF VISHNU IN WORLD PERIODS AND GEOLOGICAL ERAS.
His Divine Avatars(Tib. "jug-pa, འཇུག པ; Sanskrit. avatāra, अवतार), according to [Bhagavata Purana, Internet], are innumerable. Each of the Avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu personifies the stage of development of the Universe from the lowest to the highest forms.
Ten[code of Wholeness in Unity] The main avatars of Vishnu correspond to the periods of rooting and development of the creative embryo and the realization of Buddha nature:
AZOIC GEOLOGICAL ERA.
[The first of the Gods, the Creator of Everything, the Guardian of the World] Brahma (Skt. Brahmo, ब्रह्मो) plants his creative embryo in silt (or gil), i.e. into a homogeneous deposit of Chaos or Great Deep, by disordered conditioning, is the first principle from which the Universe of objects was formed.
SATYA-YUGA- the golden age, the “age of joy” or spiritual innocence of man.
PALEOZOIC GEOLOGICAL ERA.
1. Matsya(Tib. Nya, ཉ; Sanskrit. Matsya, मत्स्य) - Fish. Symbol of the womb-entrance, womb (Tib. Mngal-sgo, མངལ སྒོ; Sanskrit. Hiraņyagarbha, हिरण्यगर्भ) or Golden embryo.
Matsya - Mentor of people in Wisdom. Having incarnated into a fish, Vishnu saves the seventh [Only Begotten Light-Giver] Manu (Tib. shed-bu, ཤེད བུ; Sanskrit. Manu, मनु) from the flood, Vaivasvata (Skt. Vaivasvata, वैवस्वत), the Forefather of the post-flood human race, i.e. our fifth human race, as well as many rishis (Tib. drang-srong, དྲང སྟྲོང; Skt. ṛṣi, ऋषि) [from the third class of lunar ancestors of the Pitris (Sk. pitṛi, पिति्), “inspired” adept sages , their condition is Non-Existent] and the seeds of all plants that Manu takes with him to the ship. According to the version of the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu in this avatar also kills [Cosmogonically, activation to change the plane of Existence] the demon Hayagriva (Tib. rta mgrin, རྟ མགྲིན; Sanskrit Hyagrīva, हयग्रीव) [this is the figurative name of Vishnu] and returns et abducted by a demon four Vedas (Tib. rig byed, རག བྱེད; Sanskrit Veda, वेद) [i.e. Divine knowledge].
This first avatar will also be His tenth, last incarnation at the end of Kali Yuga (Tib. rtsod-pa"i dus, རྩོད པའི དུས; Skt. Kaliyuga, कलियुग), i.e. in the 28th century (i.e. 28*4320000 years) 7th Manvantara (period of manifestation, i.e. 7*308448000 years) It began 4500 years ago.
MESOZOIC GEOLOGICAL ERA.
2. Kurma(Tib. rus-sbal, རུས སྦལ; Sanskrit. Kūrma, कूर्म) - Turtle, sea monster. Symbol of the Earth emerging from the [Primary] Ocean or from Chaos, the Highest psychic region of the Mind. Vishnu, in the form of a turtle, dives to the bottom of the world's oceans to save valuables lost during the flood.
During this period [those who ascended to Heaven(Tib. lha yul, ལྷ ཡུལ; Sanskrit divaṁ, दिवं) after the Creation from the mouth of the Prajapati Progenitors(Tib. Skye-dgu "I Bdag-May-Men-Mo, སྐྱེ དགུའ ི མོ ཆེན མོ མོ; Sansk. Prajāpati, प्रजापति) in the Light of Day(Skt. divā, दिवा)] Gods[(Tib. lha.ma, ལྙ མ; Sanskrit. sura, सुर) or Devas(Tib. Lha, ལྷ; Skt. Deva, देव)] and [Supreme spirit exhaled by Brahm (ब्रह्मो)] asuras(Tib. lha.ma.yin, ལྙ མ ཡིུན; Sanskrit. asura (असुर) install Mount Mandara on a turtle(Sanskrit: मंदर) as a whorl and wrapped around it the snake [Eternity, the king of the serpent-nagas] Vasuki(Skt. Vāsukī, वासुकी), they begin to churn the ocean, from which they extract [the nectar of the Gods, which brings Immortality] amrita(Tib. bdud-rtsi, བདུད རྩི); Skt. Amŗta, अमृत), [wife of Vishnu] Lakshmi(Sanskrit: Lakşmī, लक्ष्मि), the moon(Tib. chang, ཆང; Sanskrit. Candra, चान्द्र), [“multi-water” Celestial dancer] apsara(Tib. lhaI bu mo, ལྷལ བུ མོ; Sanskrit. apsaras, अप्सरस्), [the queen of the apsaras] Rambha(Skt. rambhā, रम्भा), [direct manifestation of the first principle as the Cow of Abundance] Surabhi and some other Sacred beings and objects.
CAINAZOIC GEOLOGICAL ERA.
3. Varaha(Tib. PHag pa, ཕག པ; Sanskrit Varāha, वराह) – White boar, hog saving the Earth. Initially, he is the Progenitor-Prajapati (Tib. sKye-dgu"i bdag-mo chen-mo, སྐྱེ དགུའི བདག མོ ཆེན མོ; Sanskrit. prajāpati, प्रज ापति), husband of the Earth (Skt. pṛthvī, पृथ्वी) [i.e. the husband of Space, the World, the Solar System or the Psychic Essence], who keeps the Earth afloat, rolling it out in the act of Creation.
The Earth is created in [one of the five primary elements (Tib. "byung ba chen ro འབྱུང བ ཆེན པོ; Sanskrit. Pañcabhūta, पञ्चभुत)] in the Waters, by ordering and discovering already existing elements [i.e. High our ether of Akash and fire of Agni], their repeated restoration after destruction (including after the Flood).
He divided the Earth into 7 continents (Skt. dvīpa, द्वीप) [i.e. on 7 principles, occultly, Seven centers on which the Seven primary groups of the first root, still ghostly, race were born (or rooted) simultaneously], created 4 worlds: Earth, Ether, Heaven, Lower World.
His son is Ghora (Skt. ghora, घोर), Terrifying– a symbol of Samsara (Tib. ‘khor-ba, འཁོརབ; Sanskrit Saṁsāra, संसार) or conditioned temporary existence in the world of suffering.
[Isis, T. 2, p. 330, 351-352; Puranas. In the book: Legends of Krishna, p. 99; Vedic legends, p. 290].
To save the land that the [golden-eyed] demon Hiranyaksha(Sanskrit: hiraṇākṣa, हिरण्याСक्ष), [ Supreme spirit exhaled by Brahmo (ब्रह्मो)] asura(Tib. lha.ma.yin, ལྙ མ ཡིུན; Sanskrit. asura, असुर), son of the Earth Goddess Diti (दिती) and one of the Seven Sages of Kashyapa(Tib. ka shya pa, ཀ ཤྱ པ, ‘od-srungs, འོད སྲུངས; Sanskrit. Kāçyapa, काश्यप) , drowned in the World Ocean (in Patala Loka), Vishnu incarnated as a boar, killed the demon in a duel that lasted 1000 years(code of Integrity with three obscuration planes of Existence), and raised the Earth from the Waters on his fangs[allegory of the manifestation of the Earth from the Primary Ocean or Chaos, i.e. state disordered by conditioning].
4. Narasimha(Sanskrit: Narasiṃha, नरसिंह) - lion man." As Nara Singh is the last animal stage. In this avatar, Vishnu delivers the earth from the tyranny of his elder brother Hiranyaksha, killed by Varaha, the [“golden-robed”] demon-asura Hiranyakasipu (Skt. Hiraṇykaçipa, हिरण्यकशिप), who is torn into pieces, taking the form of Narasimha - a monster with a torso man and lion head .
TRETA-YUGA- the silver age or the age of [the second of the five primary elements] of fire (Tib. me, མེ.; Sanskrit. agni, अग्नि). - The period of the supremacy of man, giants and sons of God.
“THE ERA OF MIND OR THE CENTURY OF MAN.”
5. Vamana(Tib. mi"u thung, མིའུ ཐུང; Sanskrit Vāmana, वामन) - Short, Dwarf, whose form Vishnu took. - Nature's first attempt to create man.
Vishnu took the form of a gnome (dwarf) in order to cunningly lure World domination from the asura Bali (Skt. balī, बली), the king of the Daivas, who, thanks to his ascetic deeds, gained power over Triloka - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld) and subdued the [radiant Deities] devas (Tib. Lha, ལྷ; Sanskrit. Deva, देव). When the Mother of the gods [and the Root of Nature] Aditi (Tib. nyi ma, ཉིམ; Skt. Aditῑ, अदिती) called on Vishnu for help, Vishnu in the form of a dwarf appeared before Bali and asked him for as much land as he could measure with his three steps . Having received consent, Vishnu covered the entire Universe with the first two steps, but refrained from the third step after Bali offered his head under it.
6. Parashurama(Tib. Ra ma'i dgra sta, ར མའི དགྲ སྟ; Sanskrit paraçurāma, परशुराम) - Frame with an axe. Parashurama is like a Hero, but still an imperfect human being. Incarnated as the son of a rishi-brahmana[incarnation of Indra, one of the Seven Creators] Jamadagni(Skt. Jāmadagni, जामदग्नि – Consuming fire) and Renuka(Skt. Renukâ, रेनुका) - in Parashurama, Vishnu destroyed many[warriors created from the hands of Brahma] Kshatriyas(Tib. dbang shugs chen po, དཔང ཤུགས ཆེན པོ) and transferred supremacy in the World and power over the Earth[high caste priests] brahmins(Tib. bram ze, བྲམ ཟེ; Sanskrit brāhmaņa, ब्राह्मण) as revenge for the death of his father. He cleared the Earth of Kshatriyas, but he did not destroy[king Vedekha] Janaku(Skt. Janaka, जनक) as the organizer of Vedic sacrifices[worship of the Gods] Yajna(Skt. Yajna, यज्ञ), And[tenfold honoured] Dasaratha(Skt. Daçaratha, दशरथ) as the groom of another wife.
The divine design of all this was that Janaka was destined to become the father of Sita, the female aspect of Rama, and Dasaratha - the father of Rama. Besides, some other kshatriyas also survived, one way or another.
[Legends of Krishna, p. 386; Tripura-Rahasya, Internet].
7. Frame(Tib. Ra ma, རམ; Sanskrit Rāma, राम) – Charming, eldest son [“having 10 chariots”] of King Dasaratha (Skt. Daçaratha, दशरथ) [i.e. Lords of the 10-fold Wholeness] from the Solar Race of the Pandavas (Tib. Skya-bseng, སྐྱ བསེང; Sanskrit pāṇḍava, पाण्डव).
Rama - Self-created, Lord of the World, First Cause of the Three Worlds (Tib. srid-gsum (སྲིད གསུམ; Sanskrit. Tri-loka, त्रिलोक) or Logos:
- the world of passions, or our world (Tib. ‘dod. khams, འདོད ཁམས; Sanskrit. Kāmadhātu, कामधातु, Kāmaloka, कामलोक);
- the world of forms, where beings have form, but do not have physical bodies (Tib. gzugs.kyi khams, གཟུགས ཀྱའི ཁམས; Sanskrit. Rūpadhātu, Rūpaloka;
- the formless world, where the High Spirits live (Tib. gzugs.med khams, གཟུགས མེད ཁམས; Sanskrit. Ārūpadhātu or Arūpaloka.
[Buddhist Encyclopedia, Internet].
Rama destroys the balance of the Spiritual world by killing himself or his half-brother named Cancer (literally: full moon day, a day for Occult practice) - a condition for the Materialization of the Primordial.
His female aspect is Sita (Tib. Rol, རོལ; Sanskrit. Sītā, सीता - Furrow), an avatar of [the female aspect of Vishnu] Lakshmi.
Rama is a mortal king, and this mortal God receives the Revelation of his Divinity. He is the prince and king of Ayodhya (Hindi, अयोध्या) [a plateau in India], the embodiment of Vishnu as an ideal king and husband. - Physically, a Perfect Man. His closest friend and advisor is [monkey king] Hanuman (Skt. Hanumān, हनुमान्).
DVAPARA-YUGA- Bronze Age, the age of a mixture of purity and impurity (Spirit and Matter), the age of doubt.
8. Krishna(Tib. Nag po pa, ནག པོ པ; Sanskrit. Kṛṣṇa, कृष्ण) – Dark or All-Attractive.- Purusha (Tib. skyes-bu, སྐྱེས བུ; Skt. Puruşa, पुरुष), Supreme, pure consciousness, and [fundamental nature, First Matter] Prakriti (Tib. rang bzhin. རང བཞིན; Skt. . Prakŗti, प्रकृति) in its entirety , and the Seventh Principle, the Divine Spirit in Man.
Metaphysically, He represents the Ego united with Atma-Buddhi (Skt. Ātma-Buddhi, आत्म-बुदधि), i.e. with the first and second Principles in man, or the Universal Mind, a ray from the World Soul, with the Universal Spirit, the Divine Monad, the potentiality of the mind.
[Tablets, p. 279; Theosophical Dictionary, p. 452].
The purpose of this incarnation of Vishnu is the salvation of humanity from the [black] goddess Kali (Skt. Kālī, काली), the Goddess of death, destruction and human suffering, the wife of Shiva (Tib. zhi ba, ཞིབ; Sanskrit Çiva, शिव). Kali is the best emblem to represent the "fall of man": the fall of the spirit into the degradation of Matter with all its terrible results. Before ever achieving Moksha (Tib. thar-pa, ཐརཔ; Skt. mokṣa, मोक्ष), the stable radiance of the Supreme Being in perfection, or Nirvana (Tib. Mya-ngan -'das, མྱ ངན ལས འདས པ; Sanskrit Nirvāņa, निर्वाण), the state of extinction of diversity, the cessation of the illusory plurality of the empirical world, the abode of the blessed World and Spirit, we must get rid of Kali.
[Isis, T. 2, p. 352-353].
In such Krishna traditions as Gaudiya-Vaishnavism, Nimbarka Sampradaya and Vallabha Sampradaya, Krishna is considered not an avatar, but Svayam Bhagavan, the supreme form of God and the source of both all avatars and Vishnu himself.
Krishna appeared along with his elder and half-brother Balarama (Skt. Balarāma, बलराम), the “removed” or “plowed up embryo.” Balarama is also accepted by most sects in Vaishnavism as an avatar of Vishnu. In versions of the Dashavatara list (Sanskrit: daśāvatāra, दशावतार), i.e. In the ten avataras of Vishnu that do not contain any mention of Buddha, Balarama is mentioned as the ninth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Balarama is the incarnation of Ananta-Shesha (Tib. Mu-khyud-mtha’-yas, མུ ཁྱུད མཐའ ཡས; Skt. Ananta, अनन्त), Infinity, the Serpent of Eternity, floating in the Waters ah, the Cosmic Ocean. Vishnu reclines on the coils of this Serpent.
KALI-YUGA- the Iron Age, the age of darkness, suffering and sadness.
9. Gautama Buddha(Tib. Go"u ta ma Sangs-rgyas, གོའུ ཏ མ སངས རྒྱས; Sanskrit. गौतम बुद्ध) – Enlightened, lila-avatar, among other 25 lila-avatars, according to [ Bhagavata Purana, Wikipedia, Internet], i.e., the incarnations of the Supreme Lord in which He comes to the Material world, to reveal Your spiritual games(Tib. rol-pa (རོལ པ; Sanskrit Līlā, लेला), for “The Acts of the Divine are Lila.”
But Buddhists deny the Doctrine that Buddha is the incarnation of Vishnu, for the Buddha's Teaching rejects the authority of the Vedas. Therefore, from the point of view of orthodox Hinduism, Buddhism is heterodox (Skt. nāstika, नास्तिक), i.e. heretical movements.
But Buddha rejected not so much the Vedas as their use for the purpose of performing bloody sacrifices - a kind of cunning of the Buddha [in all spiritual teachings there is the concept that “the Lord is more cunning”]. For the era of Kali-yuga, in which the Buddha came, is the era of the meat-eating mlecchas (Tib. kla-klo, ཀླ ཀློ; Skt. mleccha, म्लेच्छ), according to the texts [exoteric Brahmana scriptures] of the Purana (Tib. sngon, sngon rab, སྔོན རབ; Sanskrit. Purāņa, पुराण), in particular, Bhavishya-purana" (Sanskrit. Bhaviṣya purāṇa, भविष्य पुराण). And the principle of Ahimsa, which is of paramount importance in Buddhism, is the principle of non-violence, the desire to live in such a way as not to harm any living being (even a plant or insect!) by one’s actions, words and even thoughts [we remind you that Vishnu is the “enemy of victims” , in his first avatar Matsya, saves the (Divine knowledge) of the Vedas; We also remind you that any Scripture is, first of all, a Cosmogony and a Testament of safe existence in the sphere of blind and spontaneous balancing].
Therefore the purpose of this avatar of Vishnu is:
- dissuade the asuras from the holiness of the Vedas and deprive them of their power;
- to identify people who are vicious and unstable in the Faith, to arouse in them doubt about the holiness of the Vedas and the need to perform sacred rituals, and then destroy them.
Although Buddha is mentioned in the most important scriptures of Hinduism, including almost all the Puranas.
10. Kalki(Tib. Rigs-ldan, རིགས ལླྴ; Sanskrit kalkī, कल्कि) - Eternity, or Time, or the Destroyer of Vice, the Messiah and the Black Avatar of Vishnu on a white (symbol of the Spiritual world) horse (i.e. the bearer of Light) with a sparkling sword in hand. He destroys evildoers, restores Dharma (Tib. chos, ཆོས; Sanskrit dharma, धर्म) [i.e. THAT on which the Cosmos rests, that keeps us from suffering and does not allow the Causes to develop] and prepares the coming revival of the World. This is "He who puts an end to degeneration and evil."
Among Buddhists, the fifth avatar is considered the last avatar. When Maitreya Buddha comes, then our present world will be destroyed, and a new, better world will replace it. But Buddha in his future and last manifestation is like the tenth avatar, for each Unit, like an androgyne, manifests twice, although Buddhists reject this bisexual incarnation [for the World of Brahman is One, Non-dual (Tib. gnyis-su med-pa, གཉིས སུ མེད པ; Skt. Advaita, अद्वैत) is one of the principles of paramount importance in Buddhism] and there are only five of them. Thus, while Vishnu comes for the last time in his tenth incarnation, Buddha is said to do the same in his fifth incarnation.
[Isis, T. 2, p. 330, 351-353].
His tenth avatar is the only “future”, Messianic avatar, and she will appear, according to the Puranic chronology, at the end of Kali-yuga, that is, at the end of the present era in the Hindu time cycle, which will end in 428,899 AD. e.
[Dashavatara. Wikipedia, Internet].
Since all external phenomena and processes are interconnected with the body and psyche of a person, and by changing himself, a person changes the world, according to [Wikipedia, Internet], this process takes place both on the internal and external levels as a single process in mappings.
On an internal level- this is the bringing together of wind energies (Tib. rlung, རླུང; Sanskrit Vāyu, वाभु). Thus, the term denoting caste (Tib. rigs dma "po, རིགས དམའ་པོ; Sanskrit Varņa, वर्ण), there is also another meaning - Buddha nature. Collecting energy-winds in the Central Channel and in the source of bliss - clear light mind(Tib. ‘od gsal, འོད གསལ; Sanskrit. prabhāsvara, प्रभास्वर) [One life as Infinite consciousness] - Kalki realizes Buddha nature.
At the external level- this is the union of various castes of subjects [Inner Reality of special states achieved in the process of human Ascension] of Shambhala (Tib. bde "byung. བདེ འབྱུང; Sanskrit. Ṣambhala, षम्भल). For the line of Kalki are the rulers of Shambhala, the land to which the Buddha entrusted to keep the teachings Kalachakra (Tib. dus-'khor (དུས འཁོར; Skt. Kālacakra कालचक्र) – i.e. the doctrine of the identity of the Macrocosm and Microcosm (man) or the identity of the Universe with man. The teaching of Kalachakra is an astronomical-astrological system and the Doctrine of Time as a general dynamic principle, as well as ways to control time, up to its complete stop, for if you stop the movement of energy, then time will stop, and if you change the movement of energy, then this will change time, [Tibet. Radiance of the Void, p. 293, 279, 146, 152, 194] Harmonious unification of all castes in the [mystical diagram] mandala (Tib. dkyil-'khor, དཀྱིལ འཁོར; Sanskrit Maṇḍala, मण्डल) Kalachakras and the granting of them dedication awakens the Buddha nature in everyone.
[A. Berzin. External and Internal Kalachakra: A Brief Review of the First Two Chapters of the Kalachakra Tantra, Internet].
Thus, His ten avatars are intended for the rooting and development of the creative embryo and the realization of the Buddha nature, i.e. for Materialization and Dematerialization of the Primordial, if the Starting Point is the World of Limits. Transcendentally, this Divine game-lila is Maya (Tib. sgyu-ma, སྒྱུ མ; Sanskrit Māyā, माया), the illusion of the totality of all extremes as a model of the Divine plan of the Creator.
The list of Ten Avataras is given in the Garuda Purana (1.86.10-11). It also highlights those avatars whose mission was the most important. Most of the avatars in this list are characterized as lila avatars.
[Website “Akademik”, Wikipedia, Internet].
A little information about the last avatar - Kalki, who, according to these calculations, can come in our time. This means bringing with it huge changes.
This is an attempt to calculate his approximate arrival in translation to our modern calendar, since what is written in the Vedas is not our years at all, so trying to compare different units of time leads to misunderstanding.
The Vedas mainly speak about the Yugas, when one or another avatar of Vishnu came.
Here's what we have:
Matsya (“fish”) - came to Satya Yuga.
Kurma (“turtle”) - came to Satya Yuga.
Varaha (“boar”) - came to Satya-yuga.
Narasimha (“man-lion”) - came to Satya-yuga.
Vamana (“dwarf”) - came in Treta Yuga.
Parashurama (“Rama with an axe”) - came in Treta Yuga
Rama - came in Treta Yuga.
Krishna (“black”) - came to Dvapara Yuga.
Buddha (“enlightened one”) - came to Kali Yuga.
Kalki (eternal “time”, or “destroyer” of vice) - the arrival is expected.
All these avatars were recorded in the Vedas even before they came. This is a unique case. Those. for example, Rama has not yet come, but his arrival has already been recorded and described. And when Rama came, everyone already knew that this was an avatar of Vishnu. The situation is exactly the same with the subsequent avatars - Krishna and Buddha. And the same may be the case with Kalki, who is also described, but has yet to come.
Let's try to figure out, based on the information we have, when Kalki might come. Because it's a pretty important avatar. Since with his arrival the world will change, evil will be destroyed, everything bad will be destroyed and a new life will begin, in a new golden age in which only the righteous will live. Therefore, it is very important to know when, at least approximately, this event can be expected, i.e. appearance of the last avatar of Vishnu.
Fortunately, two approximately exact dates have reached us - the coming of Krishna and the coming of Buddha. Because these are the two historical events closest to us, which are dated in modern chronology. And we can have a timeline that we understand.
So. Krishna (the eighth avatar of Vishnu) came at the end of the 4th millennium BC, i.e. this is approximately 3200 BC. And it is precisely this date that agrees with the Vedas, as well as the calculations of historians. After 2600 years, the ninth and penultimate avatar of Vishnu comes, this is Buddha - 600 BC. Now we have 2000 (rounded). It turns out that now approximately 2600 years have passed since the Buddha. Those. The same amount of time has passed as from Buddha to Krishna - 2600 years.
Unfortunately, it is not known exactly when Rama came according to our chronology. Since his arrival was even earlier than the arrival of Krishna and Buddha. However, we have a historical document - the Ramayana. Where the amazing deeds of Rama are described. And based on these historical events, as well as the ancient buildings that were built during the time of Rama, scientists can roughly talk about when these events took place and the ancient structures were built. This means that the arrival of Rama is also located around these dates. Their figures are approximately 7-10 thousand years ago.
Let's do some simple arithmetic. Let's try to add 2600+2600+2600 (i.e. the arrival of Buddha and Krishna, as well as Rama, if we assume that Avatars came every 2600 years), we will get 7800, which is fully included in the concept of “many thousands of years ago”, and also 7-10 thousand years ago (as scientists say).
Now there is false information in many sources regarding the duration of Kali Yuga (in which we are currently living) and other previous Yugas. They are measured in millions of years. You need to understand that in the Vedas we are not talking about our years, and even, moreover, not about our dimension. Each Yuga has its own dimension and its own flow of time. It says there that, for example, in the Golden Age (in Satya Yuga) everything was different, the Earth became multidimensional, and the people who lived on it were simultaneously in many dimensions, so for them the Earth began to look completely different from how we see it now we see. In other words, we now see everything in four dimensions (length, height, width and time), but in Satya Yuga there were much more of these dimensions. And as man degraded, with each Yuga, his perception of many dimensions was limited. As a result, a person now sees the bare minimum of what exists in Reality.
So, we can make a statement (based on available scientific historical data) that all avatars of Vishnu come after about 2600 years. In other words, we are now in a time period when the last avatar of Vishnu may come.
I also recently gave information about Kalki in my film “Kalachakra. Power over Time,” which you recently watched.
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Vishnu– one of the supreme deities, guardian of the universe; the supreme God in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. In the Trimurti concept, Vishnu acts as the Preserver of the Universe.
He is worshiped either directly or through his avatar. The doctrine of the ten avatars of Vishnu was finally formed only in the 10th century. AD, where the most popular of his incarnations are considered to be the hero of the Mahabharata, and the hero of the Ramayana.
The mythology of Vishnu includes ideas about him as the World Absolute and, on the other hand, as personal incarnations of God, to whom believers experience true devotion, bhakti.
He is depicted as dark blue in color, with four arms, often with his consort Sri Lakshmi, who embodies beauty and prosperity. He sits on a lotus; his vahana is the king over all the Garuda birds.
- fish, the first avatar of Vishnu. The Matsya avatar is depicted as half-fish, half-man, with its lower half being fish.
According to the Bhagavata Puranas, the ancient Dravidian king and devotee of Vishnu, who later became known as Manu, was washing his hands in the river when a small fish swam into his hands and begged him to save its life. He put her in a jug, which she soon outgrew. He then carried her to a tank, a river and finally to the ocean, but in vain.
Finally, the fish revealed himself as Vishnu, who told Manu that there would soon be a flood that would last for seven days and destroy all living things. Vishnu explained to Manu that he must collect and put in the boat all varieties of plants and all types of animals in order to save them with him. When the storm began, Manu tied the boat with the serpent Vasuki (Shesha) to the horn of the divine fish and it supported them during the flood.
In this case, Vishnu appears in the form of a great fish and saves Manu, the progenitor of the new human race. Manu was chosen to play the role of the first man, as a great righteous man in times of universal sin. The legends of the Puranas say that in addition to Manu, seven divine rishis, the children of Brahma, along with their wives were also saved, thanks to which the world was later repopulated by people.
According to another legend, Brahma dropped the Vedas from his mouth in fear of the huge ocean waves of the global flood. A demon who lived at the bottom of the ocean picked up and hid the Vedic scriptures deep under the water. The entire universe could be deprived of spiritual knowledge! But Vishnu, the guardian of the Universe, observing everything that happens, took the form of a fish to return the Vedas. Vishnu killed the demon and returned the Vedas to Brahma.
- turtle, second avatar of Vishnu. He chose this form to help the demigods and demons churn the ocean.
One day, the holy sage Durvasa presented a flower garland to Indra, the king of the demigods, which he carelessly gave to his elephant, who in turn trampled it. Enraged, Durvasa placed a curse on all the demigods, causing them to lose their powers. The curse took effect immediately, the demigods became weaker and weaker, while the demons' power increased.
The Devatas turned to Vishnu for help. He told them to churn the ocean of milk using Mount Mandara as a whorl and the king of snakes, Vasuki, as a rope. He also suggested that they seek help from the asuras to help churn the ocean in exchange for a share of the amrita, the nectar of immortality, that they would obtain.
Having begun to churn the ocean, the demigods, compassionate by nature, knew that the serpent Vasuki would spew out terrible fire from its mouth. Therefore, out of compassion for the demons, they decided to hold Vasuki's head and bear the heat patiently. The demons had to pull the snake by the tail. But, envious, they decided that they were being deceived. The demons demanded that they be the ones to pull the head. Then the demigods agreed. Because of their envy, the demons suffered terribly from Vasuki's unbearable heat and gradually lost their strength.
Soon the unexpected happened. Since the whorl - Mount Mandara - was very heavy, it could not stay on the surface of the water and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Everyone was confused, not knowing what to do. Then Vishnu appeared in the form of a tortoise. He dived under the water and lifted the mountain, supporting it on his shell. The demigods and demons continued churning the ocean of milk with zeal. Vishnu the Turtle became a support for Mandara Mountain and felt pleasure as it rotated and scratched His back.
Suddenly a new disaster occurred; when the ocean was churned, a huge amount of poison was released. This threatened the destruction of the whole world, because the poison was deadly. Demons and demigods turned to Shiva, begging him to drink the deadly drink to save the Universe. Shiva agreed and drank the poison. As the poison passed through Shiva's throat, his neck turned blue. Several deadly drops fell to the ground. Some living beings swallowed the poison, and therefore poisonous snakes, scorpions and poisonous plants appeared on the earth.
Finally, Dhanvantari appeared from the ocean of milk. In his hands he held a jug of amrita, the drink of immortality. The demons took this jug from him by force. Then Vishnu took the form of the beautiful apsara Mohini and, having seduced them, achieved that he himself distributed the amrita between the devas and asuras in the order in which he wanted. After Mohini distributed the amrita to the demigods, she disappeared. Next there was a big battle in which the demigods were victorious.
- Boar, the third avatar of Vishnu. In this incarnation, Vishnu had to save the Earth (Prithvi), drowned by the demon Hiranyaksha to the bottom of the universal ocean Garbhodaka. After a thousand-year duel, Hiranyaksha was defeated, and Varaha raised the Earth on his fangs.
According to Vedic cosmology, each of the planets is a person with consciousness. One day, planet Earth left its orbit and fell into the universal ocean because the evil demon Hiranyaksha pumped out all the gold from the bowels of the Earth. Therefore, the weight of the Earth has changed. She left her orbit and fell to the bottom of the Garbhodaka ocean. The earth was lost in silt and could have died.
Creator Brahma sat and thought about how to save the Earth. Suddenly, a small boar the size of a finger jumped out of his right nostril. He immediately began to grow until he grew to gigantic proportions. The boar roared terribly, but the demigods were not afraid of him. They knew that it was Vishnu who took the form of a boar for the benefit of the Earth.
The boar Varahadeva sank to the bottom of the ocean. He had a good instinct and immediately determined where the Earth was. With his fangs, Varahateva dug up the sand, found the Earth, and raised it. When the Boar was lifting the Earth, he was attacked by the cruel demon Hiranyaksha. Varahadeva became furious, placed the Earth on the waters of the ocean, giving it weightlessness, and returned to fight the demon. Hiranyaksha was a strong and determined opponent, but his strength could not even be compared with that of Vishnu. The boar easily killed the demon and saved the world from the suffering it caused.
- fourth avatar of Vishnu. Narasimha appeared about 3.5 million years ago, in Satya Yuga, in the form of a lion man - a creature with a human body and a lion's head. His special mission is to protect his devotees. In Hinduism, Narasimha is seen as the personification of divine wrath.
The demon Hiranyaksha who fought the Boar was the twin brother of a demon named Hiranyakasipu. Hiranya means gold and kasipu means soft bed. It was an extremely intelligent, powerful and greedy demon. He knew the Vedas and wanted to achieve immortality. Therefore, Hiranyakasipu began to perform severe austerities for one hundred years to satisfy Brahma. Pleased with his austerities, Brahma gave him a blessing. By this blessing the demon could not be killed by either man or beast; neither day nor night; neither in the house nor outside the house; neither on earth, nor on sea, nor in the sky; neither by weapon nor by human hand. Therefore Hiranyakasipu thought that he could live forever. Like all demons, he immediately became proud of his power and strength.
Hiranyakasipu had a son, Prahlada, a devotee of Vishnu. His father tried many times to teach him demonic habits, but Prahlada never forgot Vishnu and worshiped him. Hiranyakasipu was terribly angry at Prahlad's devotion. And then one day he decided to kill him. He threw his son from a steep cliff, but Vishnu caught the boy. The demon placed Prahlad in a pen with mad elephants, but one of them picked up the child and carefully placed him on his back. Hiranyakasipu tried to poison his son, but Prahlada offered food to Lord Vishnu and only then accepted it, so the poison did not work. The demon tried to burn his son in the fire, but Prahlada came out of the fire without a single burn. The father tried to kill Prahlad in every possible way, but Vishnu always protected his devotee. From this Hiranyakasipu became more and more furious.
Saying this, Hiranyakasipu angrily struck the pillar with force. A terrifying-looking half-man, half-lion Narasimha emerged from the destroyed column. Hiranyakasipu and Narisimha began to fight fiercely against each other.
After some time, the demon was defeated. At dusk, when the sun was just setting, Narisimha caught the demon, laid him on his lap and killed him, tearing his stomach with sharp claws. In this way he defeated the demon without breaking the promise he received from Brahma. He was killed neither during the day nor at night, but at dusk. He was killed not by a weapon, not by the hand of man or beast, but by the claws of a half-man, half-lion. He was killed not on land, not at sea, not in the sky, but on his knees. He was killed neither inside the house nor outside, but on the threshold.
Thus Narasimha dealt with the demon and protected his devotee Prahlad.
- the fifth avatar of Vishnu, who took the form of a dwarf brahman.
Once upon a time there lived a great king named Bali Maharaj. He was the grandson of Prahlad Maharaj and a powerful demon king. Once he even defeated Indra and conquered the heavenly kingdom. This disturbed Aditi and Kashyapa Muni, who were the parents of the demigods.
Aditi and Kashyapa prayed to Vishnu that their sons would be protected from demons. Through prayers and service, Vishnu agreed to be born as their son. He appeared before them in his original form, holding a conch shell, a discus, a lotus and a mace. Then, in front of his astonished father and mother, he took the form of a dwarf brahmana, called Vamanadeva.
Vamana heard that Bali Maharaj was performing a great sacrifice and went there to bless him. When Vamana appeared in the sacrificial arena, Bali greeted him by offering obeisances and washing his feet. The king of demons asked Vamanadeva, “With what desires have you come, dear brahmana? I will give you everything you ask."
Vamana was pleased with Bali's respectful attitude and said, “You are a worthy grandson of Prahlada Maharaja. I see that your generosity and righteousness are limitless. But I will ask you only for three steps of land, because a wise man will never ask for more than he needs. If a person does not know how to curb his feelings, then he will not be satisfied even if he receives the whole world.”
Bali Maharaja thought that Vamanadeva was not very intelligent because he only asked for three steps of land when he could have asked for much more. The king agreed: “Okay, take what you like.”
Bali’s teacher, Shukracharya, tried to stop him: “This dwarf brahmana is Lord Vishnu himself! He came to help the demigods! He will ask you for three steps of land, but he will take everything from you!”
To this Bali replied: “I have already made a promise, and if I break it, I will be known as a deceiver. Mother Earth can bear the weight of high mountains, deep forests and deep oceans, but she cannot bear the burden of a liar.” He said to Vamanadeva: “You can take three steps of land.”
Then Vamanadev prepared to take the first step. Unexpectedly for everyone, he began to grow and became bigger and bigger. With his first step, Vamana covered the entire Earth and sky in all directions. The second covered the celestial planets and the rest of the universe.
The demons were angry seeing that Bali had lost everything. They rushed towards Vamana to kill him. Vishnu's companions quickly suppressed the rebellion.
Looking around, Vamana saw that there was no more free space left in the entire Universe. He asked Bali where he could take the third step. The king bowed his head and said, “My dear Lord, if you are willing to place your foot on my head to take the third step, I will be very happy. Even though the demons consider me their king, I am your eternal servant. It just so happened that I became proud of my strength. But now, having lost my kingdom, I received you in return.”
Vamanadeva lovingly placed his foot on Bali's head and said, “My dear son, I have taken everything from you because I love you. Wealth and power make a person arrogant and envious. When you see a person who is not proud of wealth, youth, beauty, wisdom and power, know that it was I who blessed him.” With these words, Vamanadeva brought Bali Maharaja down to Patala-loka and allowed him to rule this lower world.
- the sixth avatar of Vishnu. Vishnu was born in this avatar with the aim of ridding the varna of brahmins from the tyranny of the kshatriyas. Parashurama is the fifth son of Renuka and Jamadagni, the teacher of Bhishma, Drona and Karna.
In the guise of Parashurama, Vishnu incarnated as a kshatriya - a warrior. This time his goal was to rid the world of demonic kings who were torturing common people and killing brahmins. Parashurama had to fight twenty-one times before he destroyed all the unjust rulers.
Parashurama was the youngest son of Jamadagni and Renuka. From childhood, this boy showed his extraordinary fighting qualities and power.
One day, a cruel and unreasonable king and his warriors stopped at Jamadagni’s house. He was going to relax and have fun for a while. Jamadagni was a Brahmin and knew how to treat kings. He and his wife welcomed the king's soldiers well and took care of them so that they felt comfortable.
While relaxing in their house, the king noticed a cow whose udder was full of milk. This extraordinary cow fed the whole family. Jamadagni and Renuka looked after the only nurse. However, despite the fact that Jamadagni was not rich and the cow saved everyone from hunger, the king decided to take it away in response to the hospitality of the owner of the house. The king's servant took the cow and calf, which mooed pitifully, anticipating separation from their caring owners.
Soon Parashurama returned home and saw his parents sad and confused. After asking what happened, he heard their story about how an ungrateful king stole a cow. Terribly angry, Parashurama vowed to kill this unworthy king and return home the nurse.
Without hesitation, he hit the road. Having reached the palace, Parashurama killed the king, and, returning, told his father about it. Jamadagni, having learned about the murder, was very dissatisfied with his son. The holy brahmana told him that killing a king was a great sin. The father sent Parashurama on a pilgrimage so that he could atone for this mistake.
The king's sons were furious when they learned that their cruel father had died. They went to Jamadagni's house, wanting to fight Parashurama. But when they entered the house, they saw no one except Jamadagni, sitting in deep meditation. Exulting that they could take revenge with impunity, they shot their sharp arrows at Jamadagni and killed him.
Returning home from a pilgrimage, Parashurama learned about the terrible death of his father. The pain of separation gripped the warrior’s heart, and he decided that he would fight against the injustice of the rulers until he killed the last of them.
Later, when the Kshatriya kings again began to oppress the common people and sages, Parashurama went around the world twenty-one times, destroying the demonic warriors until the arrival of Rama. Thus, he fulfilled his desire to rid the world of unrighteous kings who cruelly treated their wards and violated the principles of religion.
After the extermination of the Kshatriya tribe, Parashurama took up arms only once to strengthen his faith. When Dasharatha's caravan was leaving Mithila, a strong wind rose and Parashurama appeared to meet the newlywed Rama, doubting the divine nature of Sri Rama. He offered Rama the divine bow of Vishnu - the twin bow of Shiva's bow, deciding that Rama could not cope with the bow of the god. But when he approached Rama, he believed in him and gave him this great bow as his offering to the god Vishnu. With this bow, Rama went to the island of Lanka, and Parashurama's gift greatly helped Rama.
During the Mahabharata, Parashurama evaded the Great Battle of Kurukshetra. Not wanting to fulfill someone else's will, he, being an avatar of Vishnu, indulged in asceticism and as a reward received from Shiva an ax that did not allow anyone's will access to his consciousness. After that, he became Parashurama - Rama-with-Axe, and slaughtered the Kshatriyas of his own free will.
Having fulfilled his mission, Parashurama abandoned his warlike spirit and performed atonement rituals, gave the conquered lands to the sage Kashyapa as help for sacrifices, and retired to the mountains, surrendering to repentance on Mount Mahendra. Parashurama still lives somewhere high in the Himalayas in the form of a humble brahmana, where he is worshiped by Gandharvas, Siddhas, Charanas and other perfect beings from the heavenly planets.
- the seventh avatar of Vishnu, the legendary ancient Indian king of Ayodhya, who descended into the world in the last quarter of Treta Yuga about 1.2 million years ago.
Rama or, otherwise, Ramachandra is the embodiment of an ideal king, the embodiment of loyalty, honesty, duty and justice - as opposed to pride, voluntarism, selfishness and vanity. He came to this world to support dharma.
A detailed biography of Rama is contained in the epic Ramayana, the composition of which is attributed to the Vedic rishi Valmiki, one of the two greatest ancient Indian epics along with the Mahabharata. Rama was the eldest son in the family of Emperor Dasaratha of Ayodhya and his wife Kaushalya. In the Hindu tradition, Rama is called Maryada Purushottama, which literally means “perfect man” in Sanskrit. Rama is the husband of Sita, who is revered in Hinduism as an avatar of Lakshmi and the personification of the perfect woman. The life and deeds of Rama are a perfect example of strict adherence to the principles of dharma, despite the difficult trials of life.
Rama in the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda is an adjective meaning “dark, black” or a noun “darkness” or “darkness”. In the feminine gender, the adjective "rami" is an epithet of night (Ratri). In the post-Vedic period, three Ramas became famous:
Rama-chandra(“lunar Rama”), son of Dasaratha, descendant of Raghu, seventh avatar of Vishnu
Parashu-rama(“Rama with an axe”), the sixth avatar of Vishnu. He is also called Jamadagna, Bhargava Rama (descendant of Bhrigu) or Chiranjeevi (Immortal).
Bala Rama("strong Rama"), also known as Halayudha ("wielder of the plough in battle"), the elder brother and close associate of Krishna.
In the Vishnu Sahasranama (1000 names of Vishnu), Rama is the 394th name of Vishnu. Here the name Rama has two meanings: the Supreme Brahman, the eternally blissful spiritual essence in which yogis find spiritual bliss, or God, who, according to his will, assumed the beautiful form of Rama, the son of Dasaratha.
Ramayana narrates that one day, intending to satisfy the devas and get a worthy son, King Dasaratha performed the Vedic sacrifice of putrakameshti. Dasharatha distributed the sacred food received during the ritual among his three wives. According to the principle of seniority, Kausalya took the drink first, followed by Sumitra and Kaikeyi. As a result, Rama was born to Kausalya, Bharata to Kaikeyi, and Lakshmana and Shatrughna to Sumitra. Rama was born in the city of Ayodhya (in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh), the capital of the ancient kingdom of Koshala, on the night of the ninth day after the new moon, under the nakshatra of Punarvasu and in the ascendant sign of Cancer. He appeared in the Surya-vamsha ("Solar Dynasty") dynasty and was a descendant of such great personalities as Ikshvaku (son of the sun god Vivasvana), Raghu and Bhagiratha. Rama's body was dark blue, indicating his divine origin.
The Ramayana describes that from childhood, all four brothers were bound by bonds of friendship and brotherly love. Particularly strong affection existed between Rama and Lakshmana and between Bharata and Satrughna. The king and his three wives loved all four brothers very much, but Dasharatha and the courtiers gave special preference to Rama. The education of Rama and his three brothers took place in the ashram of the sage Vasishtha, who taught them the philosophy of the Vedas, the laws of dharma and other sciences. Since the boys were born into a Kshatriya royal family, they wanted to become great warriors. Their military training was entrusted to the sage Vishwamitra. The boys were sent to his forest ashram, where they learned the art of war and distinguished themselves by killing many rakshasas who terrified the forest dwellers and desecrated the Vedic sacrifices of the Brahmins. It is described that Rama and his brothers were of enormous stature, noticeably taller than the tallest people of their time. They had extraordinary insight, intelligence and unsurpassed skill in military affairs.
When the ceremony of choosing a groom for Sita was announced, the sage Vishwamitra brought the young princes Rama and Lakshmana to the ceremony site. In order to win the competition and receive Sita's hand, the applicant had to draw Shiva's huge bow and shoot an arrow from it. It was believed that this task was beyond the power of man, since this bow was the personal weapon of the powerful Shiva, with whom no one could compare in strength in the universe. The applicants who tried their luck before Rama could not even move the bow from its place, but when Rama’s turn came, he, pulling the bow, broke it into two parts. The fame of Rama's incredible strength spread throughout the world and guaranteed his marriage to Sita.
After the magnificent celebration of the wedding of Rama and Sita, the entire royal family and the army of Ayodhya began their journey home. On their way, they met Parashurama, who had descended from his ashram in the Himalayas. Parashurama is a sage of extraordinary power. He is the sixth avatar of Vishnu, who previously destroyed all the kshatriyas on the planet 21 times in anger. Parashurama could not believe that anyone was capable of breaking Shiva's bow. Believing himself to still be the strongest warrior on earth, he brought with him Vishnu's bow, intending to demand Rama to draw it and demonstrate his strength or face him in battle. Even though Rama's entire army was unable to enter the battle being paralyzed by the influence of Parashurama's mystical power, Rama paid respectful obeisance to Parashurama, and, in a split second, snatched Vishnu's bow from his hands, put an arrow in it and aimed it directly at the heart of Parashurama. Rama promised to spare Parashurama's life if he indicated any other target for his arrow. At that moment, Parashurama felt that he had lost all the extraordinary mystical power that he had possessed for so many years. He realized that Rama is the incarnation of the supreme Vishnu, whom no one can surpass. Parashurama accepted the exalted position of Rama, dedicated to him the results of all his austerities, paid him respectful obeisances and promised, upon returning to his abode, to leave human society.
After this, Rama shot an arrow from Vishnu's bow into the sky, performing another superhuman act, which was for him the simple use of his eternal personal weapon. The events that took place greatly affected everyone present. However, even after Rama used Vishnu's bow with such ease and skill, no one except Vasishtha and Parashurama realized his divine position. It is said that the arrow fired by Rama continues to fly in space to this day, making its way through the entire Universe. Returning back, she will have to bring with her the destruction of the world.
Feeling the approach of old age, Dasharatha decided to place Rama on the throne. An auspicious day was chosen for the ceremony, which was officially announced. The news delighted all the inhabitants of the kingdom, especially Rama's mother, Kaushalya. However, Dasaratha's second wife, Kaikeyi, had a maidservant named Manthara, who is described as "crooked in body and soul." She came to Kaikeyi and began to convince her that Dasharatha was treacherous, dishonest in heart and wanted harm for his wife. He only wants the benefit of Kausalya - while Bharata is humiliated, Rama will soon be enthroned. Manthara urged Kaikeyi to act immediately to save Bharata and herself. Overcome by jealousy, Kaikeyi hurried to meet her husband and asked him for a gift. The king vowed to do whatever she wished, after which Kaikeyi asked that Bharata be placed on the throne and Rama be banished to the Dandaka forest for fourteen years. Dasharatha could not refuse his wife her request, since many years ago Kaikeyi saved him from certain death and, as a reward for this, received a blessing, which she now took advantage of. Struck by grief, Dasharatha retreated into his chambers and Kaikeyi herself announced to Rama what had happened. Rama agreed without hesitation to go into exile. The courtiers and residents of Ayodhya, having learned about what had happened, came to great grief. It was especially hard for Dasharatha, who had a special affection for his eldest son. Having hated his younger wife, Dasharatha could not come to terms with the idea of such a long separation from Rama. Rama, however, clearly understood that a kshatriya king had no right under any circumstances to break his promise, just as a son should not break the order of his father.
When Rama told Sita about everything, he tried to describe to her in the darkest colors all the horrors of life in the forest, unusual for a gentle woman like her. Rama asked her to stay in Ayodhya and console his parents. Sita replied to this that she was ready to endure any difficulties, since her duty was to serve her husband and follow him everywhere. Lakshmana also followed Rama and all three went to Dandaku forest. The people of Ayodhya were deeply saddened by the passing of Rama and condemned Queen Kaikeyi. Dasharatha was heartbroken and a week after Rama left, he died from separation from him.
During all these events that took place in Ayodhya, Bharata was away in the capital of the kingdom of his maternal uncle. When messengers brought him the news of Rama's departure into exile, he hurried back to Ayodhya. Angered by his mother's behavior, Bharata blamed her for Dasaratha's death. He stated that he was ready to renounce her, but would not do this just because Rama called her his mother. Wanting to correct the mistake done by Kaikeyi, Bharata went in search of Rama. Finding his brother wandering through the forests in the clothes of a hermit, Bharata told him about the death of Dasaratha and began to beg him to return to Ayodhya and rule the kingdom that rightfully belonged to him. Rama refused and declared that he intended to spend all fourteen years in exile, since he was obliged to do this by a duty of honor: it was not possible for him to break the word given by Dasharatha. Realizing that further entreaties were futile, Bharata returned to Ayodhya, bringing with him a pair of Rama's sandals, which he placed on the throne as a sign that he was ruling merely as his brother's viceroy.
An unshakable believer in the power of destiny, Rama did not harbor any feelings of resentment or animosity towards Kaikeyi. This exile actually provided an opportunity for Rama to fulfill his mission: to fight Ravana and destroy his mighty evil empire.
Rama and Sita in Hinduism are considered as incarnations of Vishnu and his eternal wife and female form Lakshmi. Sita followed her husband without hesitation, intending to endure all the hardships of life in exile. Rama, in turn, constantly protected and cared for her.
One day, the sister of the demon Ravana Shurpanakha, going for a walk in the Dandaka forest, saw Rama there and fell madly in love with him. She expressed her feelings to Rama, who refused her, citing the fact that he was already married. As a joke, Rama suggested that she try her luck with Lakshmana, who was single and perhaps needed a girlfriend. Shurpanakha proposed to Lakshmana, but he also rejected her love. Enraged, Shurpanakha unleashed her wrath on Sita and tried to kill and eat her. Lakshmana stood up for his brother's wife and cut off Shurpanakha's nose and ears. In this form, Shurpanakha went to complain to her younger brother Khara. In order to avenge his sister, Khara sent fourteen rakshasas with the task of killing Sita along with Rama and Lakshmana and bringing their blood to quench the thirst of Shurpanakha. Rama, however, easily killed all the rakshasas. Then Khara himself marched with an army of fourteen thousand, intending to punish Rama.
Rama fought with the Rakshasa army and, having defeated it, killed Khara himself in a duel. After this, Shurpanakha went to Ravana and told him about what had happened. She also described Sita's extraordinary beauty, suggesting that she was more suited to be the wife of Ravana than Rama. By this, Shurpanakha aroused the interest of Ravana, who willingly agreed to avenge her.
Ravana was well aware of the power of Rama and Lakshmana and therefore resorted to cunning. He asked his uncle, the sorcerer Marichi, to take the form of a golden deer. Marichi, in the form of a deer, began to frolic near the hut in which Sita and Rama lived. Sita, seeing a beautiful deer, asked Rama to catch it for her. Rama rushed in pursuit of the deer, but, unable to catch it, shot at it with a bow. The wounded animal screamed loudly in the voice of Rama, calling on Lakshmana for help, and Sita thought that Rama was in trouble and was calling for their help. Sita asked Lakshmana to immediately go in search of her husband. Before leaving Sita alone, Lakshmana drew a magic circle around the hut. Remaining within this circle, Sita was completely protected from any danger. When Lakshmana left, Ravana, who was hiding nearby, came out of the bushes in the guise of an old sannyasin and asked Sita for food and drink. Sita, who did not suspect anything, stepped outside the protective circle and Ravana at that very second took on his real appearance, grabbed Sita, put her on his flying chariot and flew to Lanka. On the way, the eagle king Jatayu (avatar of Garuda, Vishnu's vahana) tried to stop Ravana with his claws and beak, but was defeated and mortally wounded by Ravana. Sita blessed Jatayu, saying that he would live long enough to tell Rama about what had happened. Sita also asked the forest trees, forest deer, grass and Godavari river, if they see Rama, to tell him what happened.
Rama and Lakshmana killed the golden deer and returned to their hut. Not finding Sita there, they became very alarmed and immediately went in search of her. Finally they came across Jatayu, seriously wounded in a fight with Ravana, who told them everything that had happened and, having finished the story, died. Rama, deeply saddened by the death of the bird, cremated its body.
Meanwhile, Ravana brought Sita to Lanka and began making attempts to gain her favor. Sita responded to all his attempts with a decisive rebuff, calling him a damned demon and a kidnapper of chaste women. Ravana could not resort to violence because many years ago he forcibly embraced the wife of another man, who cursed him, saying that he would die the very moment he tried it again. Thus, Ravana had to limit herself to intimidation and threats, and when those did not help, simply wait until time warmed her heart more favorably.
In order to gather an army and free Sita from Ravana's captivity, Rama and Lakshmana entered into an alliance with the monkey king Sugriva, who promised Rama his help in the fight against Ravana in exchange for Rama's help in returning his kingdom, which was captured by his half-brother Bali. Rama killed Bali and transferred power over the kingdom back into the hands of Sugriva. After this, Sugriva gathered a huge army of monkeys, and with them Rama and Lakshmana set off on a campaign to Lanka.
When the army approached the sea, Rama, seeing no other way to cross the strait that separated the island of Lanka from the continent, decided to build a bridge. At this time, the great devotee of Rama, Hanuman, who possessed extraordinary strength, jumped over the strait and went in search of Sita. Finding her in the garden of Ravana's palace, he told her that Rama was preparing to free her. He also presented her with the ring he had received from Rama. After this, Hanuman began to frolic in the palace park, destroying plants and flowers. The Rakshasa guards captured him and brought him to Ravana. In the presence of Ravana, Hanuman curled his long tail into a spiral and made it into a kind of seat, which was noticeably higher than Ravana's throne. When Hanuman sat down in this way, the angry Ravana wanted to order the death of the impudent monkey, but Hanuman introduced himself as an ambassador whose life, according to the laws of diplomacy, was inviolable. Then Ravana ordered his guards to set Hanuman's tail on fire. They wrapped his tail in oil-soaked cloth, set it on fire, and set Hanuman free. Hanuman, with his tail on fire, began jumping from building to building, spreading fire throughout Ravana's capital. After this, Hanuman jumped back to the continent and told Rama about everything that had happened.
When the bridge was completed and Rama crossed over to Lanka, Ravana's brother, Vibhishana, who had gone over to Rama's side, gave him a lot of valuable information about Ravana's military forces and the fortifications of the island. Periodically, the rakshasas left the city, which led to fierce battles that ended in varying degrees of success. Rama and Lakshmana were wounded twice in a fight with Ravana's son, Indrajit, who had once defeated Indra himself. Ravana's other brother, the giant Kumbhakarna, captured and devoured hundreds of monkeys. Rama and Lakshmana were cured with magic herb, which Hanuman brought from the Himalayas in a very short time, along with the mountain on which it grew. Despite the huge losses, the monkey army began to prevail over the rakshasas, who were dying in huge numbers. Indrajit, Kumbhakarna and other commanders of Ravana’s army fell on the battlefield. Finally, Ravana himself entered into single combat with Rama. Many maidens came to watch the progress of this fight. It is described that they fought each other like angry lions. With his arrows, Rama cut off the heads of the ten-headed Ravana one after another, but each time a new one mystically grew in place of the severed head. The arrows that had previously fatally struck Marichi, Khara and Bal could not take the life of the mighty king of Lanka. Then Rama decided to use the weapon of Brahma, an arrow given to him by the sage Agastya, who had the ability to control the wind. The tip of this arrow contained enormous power of fire, and its weight was equal to Mount Meru. Rama activated this arrow with special Vedic mantras and launched it at Ravana. The arrow, having pierced Ravana's chest and washed in his blood, returned to Rama's quiver. After the death of Ravana, great rejoicing began on the celestial planets, and grateful maidens showered Rama with celestial flowers.
After the death of Ravana, Vibhishana took Sita to Rama in a beautifully decorated chariot. But, to everyone’s surprise, Rama actually refused to accept her, considering her to be polluted by her stay in the rakshasa’s palace. Sita was deeply hurt by this attitude of Rama and, in order to prove her innocence, she decided to undergo the test by fire. Lakshmana prepared a fire and Sita entered it. The fire god Agni himself brought her out of the fire unharmed, took her to Rama and asked him to take her back. Rama stated that even without any test he was confident in the purity of his wife, but he wanted to prove her innocence to others.
When the period of exile ended, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, along with the monkey leaders and their wives, entered the city with great solemnity, where Rama was crowned. This was followed by the reign of Rama, which lasted 10,000 years - a century of prosperity unparalleled in history (Rama-rajya). It is described that at this time peace reigned throughout the earth, children did not cry, there were no droughts and the earth bore abundant fruits, there was no disease, poverty and crime.
One day, Rama disguised himself as a common man and went to the city in order to find out what his subjects thought of him. Rama witnessed a washerman beat his wife, suspected of adultery, and declared that he was not such a fool as Rama to believe in the purity of a wife who had spent years in captivity of another man. To save Sita and himself from slander, he sent her to live in a hut in the forest. At that time, Sita was pregnant and, while in exile, gave birth to two twin boys - Lava and Kusha. As soon as the children passed out of infancy, they were sent to Rama. At the sight of his sons, Rama was overcome by memories of a happy past and he accepted Sita back to the palace. But with a full meeting of the courtiers, she was again asked to prove her innocence. Sita became desperate and prayed to mother earth Bhumi, who gave her life, to take her back. In response to Sita's prayers, the Earth opened up and accepted her into its embrace.
After this, the mission of the Rama avatar was completed. Rama went to the banks of the sacred river and, leaving his body, returned to his eternal spiritual abode.
The Ramayana describes how the personification of the earth, the goddess Bhumi, came to the creator of the universe, Brahma, begging to save her from unrighteous kings who mercilessly exploited her resources and were responsible for the death of many people in bloody wars. Many virgins, frightened by the enormous power of the ten-headed demonic ruler of Lanka Ravana, also came to Brahma to ask for refuge. As a result of the blessings he received, Ravana possessed unmatched strength and was invulnerable to the devas and all types of living beings in the universe except animals and humans. Ravana prevailed over the virgins and took control of all three planetary systems of the universe. It is described that Ravana was proud, warlike and patronized all kinds of demons and scoundrels.
Brahma, along with Bhumi and other maidens, began to bow to the keeper of the universe, Vishnu, begging him to descend and free them from the tyranny of Ravana. In response, Vishnu promised to kill Ravana by appearing on earth as King Rama. Lakshmi, the eternal consort and female form of Vishnu, was born on earth as Sita. Her father was the king of Mithila, Janaka. It was not a woman who gave birth to Sita, but the mother earth Bhumi herself, and Janaka picked her up in a rice field. The eternal companion and one of the hypostases of Vishnu, Ananta-shesha, incarnated as Lakshmana and remained with Rama in all his trials. During Rama's stay on earth, no one, except himself and a group of selected sages (among whom were Vasishtha, Sharabhanga, Agastya and Vishwamitra), knew about his divine origin. Although Rama was respected and worshiped by many sages whom he met throughout his life, only the most exalted and learned of them realized his real position as an avatar of the Supreme. After Rama's victory in the war with Ravana, immediately after Sita passed the test of chastity by passing through the fire, Brahma, Indra and other virgins, along with the heavenly sages and Shiva, descended from heaven. They confirmed Sita's integrity and, thanking Rama for liberating the universe from the forces of evil, revealed Rama's divine position and announced the completion of his mission.
- the eighth avatar of Vishnu.
In the Hindu tradition, it is generally accepted that Krishna incarnated on earth at the end of the 4th millennium BC. e. Based on the details mentioned in the sacred texts of Hinduism and astronomical and astrological calculations made in accordance with them, the exact dates of Krishna's appearance and disappearance were determined as July 18 or 21, 3228 BC. e. – February 18, 3102 BC. e. It is believed that on the day of Krishna's disappearance, Kali Yuga began - the era of religious and moral decline.
The ancient Indian epic Mahabharata is the earliest source narrating the life of Krishna. The Bhagavad Gita, which is eighteen chapters from the sixth book (Bhishma Parva) of the Mahabharata, contains Krishna's instructions to his friend and disciple Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The Mahabharata mainly describes the later period of Krishna's life. A detailed description of Krishna's childhood and youth is contained in the Bhagavata Purana and Harivamsha, which, according to scholars, is a later addition to the Mahabharata.
The Bhagavata Puranas explain the reason for Krishna's coming: Brahma informs the demigods, “Before we submitted our petition to the Preserver (Vishnu), he already knew about the calamities occurring on Earth. Therefore, all of you demigods must incarnate, being born as sons and grandsons of the Yadavas, and remain on Earth as long as the Lord remains on it, so that with the help of your energy - eternal time - lighten its burden.
Krishna was born into a royal family in Mathura and was the eighth son of Princess Devaki and her husband Vasudeva. At that time, Mathura was the capital of the allied clans of Vrishni, Andhaka and Bhoja, who were collectively known as the Yadavas and bore this name in honor of their ancestor Yadu. Vasudeva and Devaki belonged to these clans. Devaki's brother, King Kamsa, in order to ascend the throne, imprisoned his father, King Ugrasena. Fearing for his life because of a prophecy in which Kamsa predicted that he would die at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, he threw the couple into prison, intending to kill all of Devaki's newborn children.
After the murder of the first six babies and the seventh apparent miscarriage, Devaki gave birth to her eighth child, Krishna. Since the baby's life was in danger, he was miraculously transported outside Mathura and given to foster parents, Yashoda and Nanda, in the small village of Gokula. Two other babies of Devaki also survived - Balarama (the seventh child of Devaki, who mystically passed from the womb of Devaki into the womb of Rohini, the first wife of Vasudeva) and Subhadra (the daughter of Vasudeva and Rohini, who was born after Balarama and Krishna).
Nanda was the head of a community of cow herders living in the Vrindavan region. The stories of Krishna's childhood and youth describe his life under the protection of these shepherds. When Kamsa learned that the baby had escaped from his arms, he began sending various demons to destroy Krishna. All these demons died at the hands of Krishna and his brother Balarama.
When Krishna grew up, he returned to Mathura, killed his demonic uncle Kamsa and restored Kamsa's father Ugrasena to the throne of the Yadu dynasty. Krishna himself became the chief prince at court. During this time, he became friends with Arjuna and the other Pandava princes of the Kuru kingdom, who were his cousins. Later, Krishna migrated with the Yadu dynasty and his subjects to the city of Dwarka (in modern Gujarat) and married Rukmini, the daughter of King Bhishmaka of Vidarbha.
According to some scriptures, Krishna had 16,108 wives, of which eight were the main ones - these included Rukmini, Satyabhama and Jambavati. The remaining 16,100 girls were previously held captive by the demonic king Narakasura until Krishna killed him and freed them all. In accordance with the strict customs of that time, the girls, having been in captivity, had no chance of getting married, since they were considered fallen, but Krishna, despite this, took them as his wives and made them princesses. All the wives of Krishna are considered to be incarnations of Lakshmi.
Krishna was the cousin of one of the conflicting parties - the Pandavas (being the nephew of their mother Kunti, sister of Vasudeva). In addition, Krishna was the cousin of the most powerful and valiant kshatriya who fought on the side of the Kauravas - Karna. Krishna invited the leaders of each side to choose either their army or themselves, but on the condition that he would not take up arms. The Kauravas chose Krishna's army for themselves, and Krishna himself sided with the Pandavas and agreed to be the charioteer of his friend Prince Arjuna in the upcoming great battle. The Bhagavad Gita is a philosophical dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna before the Battle of Kurukshetra, in which Krishna gives instructions to Arjuna, who could not decide to take up arms against his relatives (including his grandfather Bhishma and the mentors who fought on the side of the Kauravas). Krishna's elder brother, Balarama, condemned Krishna for interfering in the conflict, and so as not to take sides, he went on pilgrimage during the battle.
Krishna plays a crucial role in the outcome of the Battle of Kurushketra, inciting the Pandavas to deal with the strongest Kaurava knights by dishonest means. Following the advice of Krishna, the Pandavas deceived themselves from their invincible mentor in military affairs, the Brahmin warrior Drona; at the insistence of his charioteer Krishna, Arjuna killed the invincible Karna when his chariot got stuck in the ground and the fight had to be stopped; At the prompting of Krishna, the most powerful of the Pandavas, Bhima, killed the leader of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, in a duel with clubs with a forbidden blow below the belt.
After the Battle of Kurukshetra, Krishna lived in Dwarka for 36 years. Then, during one festival, a battle broke out between the Yadavas in which they completely destroyed each other. After this, Krishna's elder brother Balarama left his body in yogic trance. Krishna went into the forest and sat down to meditate under the shade of a tree. A hunter passing by with the telling name Jara (death), seeing part of Krishna's foot through the foliage, mistook him for a deer and mortally wounded him with an arrow.
According to the Mahabharata, Krishna died due to the curse of the Kaurava mother Gandhari. She became very sad and angry after the death of her sons on the battlefield of Kurukshetra and cursed Krishna for not making enough efforts to stop the war. After Krishna learned about this curse, he simply smiled and accepted it, declaring that it was his duty to fight on the righteous side and not to prevent war.
Gautama Buddha- legendary personality, creator of the teachings of the “Four Noble Truths”, who lived in India approximately in the 6th-5th centuries BC. e.
Given a name at birth Siddhartha Gautama(descendant of Gotama, successful in achieving goals), he later became known as Buddha(To the Awakened). Gautama is also called Shakyamuni (a sage from the Sakya clan), or Tathagata (Thus Coming, Having Attained Suchness, Having Attained Truth). Siddhartha Gautama is a key figure in Buddhism. His sayings and dialogues with his disciples formed the basis of the Buddhist canon of Tripitaka, formed in the 1st century BC. e.
In Hinduism, Buddha is considered the ninth avatar of Vishnu, he came with a special purpose - to stop the killing of animals, which was carried out by some unscrupulous brahmins, justifying the eating of meat and claiming that the scriptures allow it. Therefore, Buddha rejected the Vedas, forbidding people to kill unfortunate cows.
Siddhattha Gautama was born in the vicinity of the city of Kapilavastu (now the Lumbini temple complex is located in this place) on the May full moon in the Kshatriya Shakya tribe. Gautama's father was King Kapilavatthu and Gautama was born a prince destined for a life of luxury. Before he was born, Gautama visited his mother in a dream in the form of a white elephant. During the birth celebration, the seer Asita announced that this baby would either become a great king or a great holy man. His father, wanting Gautama to become a great king, protected his son from religious training and from the knowledge of human suffering.
When the boy reached his sixteenth birthday, his father arranged his marriage with Yasodhara, the same age, and she gave birth to a son, Rahul. His father provided Gautama with everything he wanted and needed.
One day, after 13 years of marriage, Gautama, accompanied by the charioteer Channa, traveled outside the palace. There he saw four sights: an old cripple, a sick man, a decaying corpse and a hermit. Then Gautama realized the harsh truth of life that death, illness, aging and suffering are inevitable, that the poor outnumber the rich, and that even the pleasures of the rich eventually turn to dust. This prompted Gautama to leave his home, family and property at the age of 29 to become a monk.
Refusing his inheritance, he devoted his life to studying how to overcome suffering. He followed the path of yogic meditation under the guidance of two brahmin hermits, and although he achieved high levels of consciousness in it, he was not satisfied with this path.
Dressed in the robes of a wandering monk, Gautama headed to southeastern India. He began to learn the life of a hermit and engage in severe self-torture. After 6 years, on the verge of death, he discovered that harsh ascetic methods did not lead to greater understanding, but simply clouded the mind and exhausted the body. By abandoning self-torture and focusing on meditation, he discovered the middle path, avoiding the extremes of self-indulgence and self-torture. Sitting under the fig tree, which thanks to him received the name Bodhi tree, he vowed not to get up until he discovered the Truth. At the age of 35, he achieved Awakening on the May full moon. Then they began to call him Gautama Buddha or simply Buddha, which means the Awakened One.
Gautama declared that he had achieved full Awakening and realized the cause of human suffering along with the steps necessary to eliminate it. He formulated this realization in the Four Noble Truths. The highest Awakening that is available to any being is called Nirvana.
At this point, the Buddha had to choose whether to be satisfied with his own liberation or to teach other people. He believed that the world might not be ready for such profound realization, but he finally decided to go to Sarnath and preach the first sermon in the Deer Park. This sermon described the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The Buddha emphasized that he is not a god, that he is only a mentor for those beings who decide to walk the path themselves, achieve Awakening and know the truth and reality as it is.
Over the next 45 years of his life, he traveled throughout central India, teaching his teachings to a wide variety of people, including adherents of rival philosophies and religions. His religion was open to all races and classes and had no caste structure. He founded the Community of Buddhist Monks and Nuns (Sangha) to preserve the Teachings after his final departure from the world. Thousands of converts followed him.
At the age of 80, Buddha decided to leave the world. He ate his last meal, which was a donation from the blacksmith Chunda, and did not feel well. In the presence of his followers, Buddha once again became convinced that his Teaching was understood and preserved, and died on the May full moon. The Buddha's last words were: “Everything that is composed is subject to extinction. Try hard!”
Buddha Gautama was cremated in accordance with the ritual for the Universal Lord (chakravartina). His remains were divided into eight parts and lie at the base of specially erected stupas.
The Buddha's teaching spoke many things to people. But the main thing was non-violence, ahimsa. At that time, people began to forget religious laws and loved to eat meat. The Vedas talk a lot about animal sacrifice. But the sacrificed animal receives a new body when the Brahmanas recite the Vedic mantras correctly. At the time of the Buddha there were no such brahmanas. People sacrificed animals simply to enjoy their meat. To stop meat-eating, Buddha preached not to follow the Vedas, but to follow him. He taught compassion to ordinary people. Killing animals is a huge sin, and from the Hindu point of view, the Lord himself came to stop the sinful acts of ignorant people.
Vishnu's incarnation as Buddha is unusual because he rejected the scriptures. Usually the avatars of Vishnu teach people to follow the scriptures. However, in those days people committed sins under the guise of religion, and Buddha deceived them into rejecting the Vedas and following his path (the tendency to deceive is one of the human flaws, but the Lord is the greatest of all deceivers and can easily outwit us).
- the tenth avatar of Vishnu, the messiah, the embodiment of the future. White Vishnu sits on a black horse (or black Vishnu - on a white one), with a sparkling sword in his hand, destroys villains, destroys the world and restores dharma - true religion - and prepares the coming revival of the world. Kalki will come, according to mythological chronology, at the end of Kali Yuga, that is, at the end of the present historical period.
The time in which we live is known as Kali Yuga - the age of quarrels, hostility and hypocrisy. In Kali Yuga, people will lose compassion for living souls, purity, truthfulness, and good habits. In the future, people will become weaker and shorter. Their life will be shortened.
In the age of Kali it is difficult to follow religious laws. Almost all rulers will violate the principles of religion and steal. Plants and trees will become tiny and stop producing fruit. People will run away to live in the forests and will be forced to eat wild fruits, leaves, meat and roots. Heavy rainfall will lead to flooding.
At the end of Kali Yuga, Vishnu will come as Kalki Avatar. He will restore religion and protect the devotees. The scriptures say that Klaki will become the son of Vishnuyasa from the village of Shambhala.
Kalki, the Lord of the Universe, will ride on the white horse Devadatta, traveling over the earth and showing his power. Illuminating everything around with the radiance of his body, he will fly at great speed, killing millions of unworthy kings. With his sharp sword, Kalki will destroy wicked people and ignorance. At this time, a refreshing spiritual breeze will carry the sweet scent of divine sandalwood and flowers. After the demon kings are killed, people will purify their hearts and change by inhaling the scent of sandalwood. They will have children, and the earth will soon be filled with people devoted to God.
With the advent of Kalki, Kali Yuga will end and Satya Yuga will begin - the golden era, the era of truth. In Satya Yuga people live long and holy lives.
Ability god Vishnu taking on different appearances in different eras makes him a truly unique deity. In Hinduism, this feature is called Dashavatar - 10 incarnations of Vishnu.
Dashavatar – 10 incarnations of Vishnu
The first is the incarnation of the god Vishnu into fish - Matsya. In this guise, God saves the seventh Manu, as well as various plant seeds, on a ship from the global flood.
Kurma (turtle), God Vishnu takes the form of a turtle, to plunge to the very bottom of the world's oceans, for salvation during a flood of valuables. The gods erect Mount Mandara on a turtle, wrap the serpent Vasuki around it and begin to rotate it very quickly, churning the ocean, thus the Moon, amrita (the drink of immortality) and many other sacred creatures and objects begin to emerge from it.
Varaha (“boar”), in which Vishnu incarnated saved the world by killing the demon Hiranyaksha, who was trying to drown the earth, which after God Vishnu raised on his fangs from the abyss.
Narasimha - Vishnu becomes a lion man. He tears into pieces the evil demon Hiranyakasipu, who has seized power both on earth and in heaven.
Vamana is the fifth incarnation of Vishnu
Vamana (“dwarf”) – another incarnation of the god Vishnu to appear before Bali, the king of the Daivas, who subjugated the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld). The dwarf asked Bali for as much space as he could measure with his three steps. Bali agreed, having received Vamana's consent, he measured out the earth with his first step, and the sky with his second. As a result, leaving Bali the underworld, abandoning the last third step.
Parashurama ("Rama with an axe") - incarnation of Vishnu into the son of a brahmana, to exterminate the kshatriyas, who represented the warrior castes, so that the brahmanas would become an even greater varna.
Rama (“Dark One”) is the most beautiful prince, the wisest ruler - an ideal king and husband. He defeats the multi-headed dragon-demon Ravana (“Roaring”). After the heads were cut off, they grew back again and again. The demon was struck by Brahma's arrow.
Krishna ("Dark", "Black") eighth incarnation of Vishnu, is considered the most complete embodiment. Krishna Vishnu very popular in India; thereby Krishna is often worshiped as Vishnu. Story Krishna Vishnu varied with fairy-tale episodes. In his youth, Krishna was a sweet cowherd boy who attracted the attention of many cowherd girls. At the sound of the magic flute Krishna Vishnu fascinated both people and animals.
Buddha (“Enlightened One”, “Awakened One”) is the ninth incarnation of Vishnu.
Kalki (“White Horse”) - the last, tenth, incarnation of Vishnu. In this incarnation, God will come to earth at the end of time. With the sword of justice in his hand to destroy all evil and evil spirits, he will be riding a white horse. He is destined to restore peace and order to the sinful earth, as well as to renew and revive humanity.
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Lord Vishnu, moved by compassion, voluntarily takes birth on Earth in the form of various deities, each of which has its own mission. These deities rule the nine planets and by worshiping them we can propitiate and harmonize the influence of the respective planets in our lives.
Frame - Sun
Lord Rama is an ideal man, an ideal king of dharma, an ideal husband. The name of Rama is known as the "taraka mantra" - the mantra that carries through the ocean of reincarnation. Worshiping Rama and reciting mantras containing His name helps solar energy, truth, justice and compassion to increase in our lives.
Sun Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Ramachandraya.
Krishna - Moon
Krishna is perhaps the most famous avatar. This is the Lord himself! The moon, like Krishna, represents beauty, devotion, pleasure, love, milk... Worship of Krishna and the practice of bhakti are the most powerful methods for strengthening and harmonizing lunar energy.
Moon Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya.
Nrisimha - Mars
Lord Nrsimha represents valor as well as divine wrath, capable of destroying enemies and any evil. The Nrisimha mantra helps to strengthen and harmonize the energy of Mars in the horoscope.
Mars Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Narasimhadevaya.
Buddha - Mercury
Buddha is a symbol of intelligence, intelligence and discrimination. Worshiping Buddha improves the qualities of Mercury in the horoscope, gives systematic and orderly thinking, gives logic, attention to detail, and prudence.
Mercury Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Buddhadevaya.
Vamana - Jupiter
Vamana was first a dwarf, and then turned into a giant, who measured the entire universe in three steps. The qualities of expansion are also characteristic of Jupiter. Thus, Vamana symbolizes wisdom and optimism at the same time. Honoring Vamana and repeating his mantra gives financial well-being, prosperity, brings good luck in life, develops self-confidence, and provides opportunities and strength for spiritual advancement.
Jupiter Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Vamanadevaya.
Parashurama - Venus
Parashurama is both a warrior and a Brahmin who destroys our ignorance. Worship of Lord Parashurama helps in strengthening and harmonizing Venusian energy, in developing discipline, a sense of taste, gives material benefits, comfort and well-being, and also helps to get rid of attachment to sensual pleasures.
Venus Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Parasuramaya.
Kurma - Saturn
Despite its sometimes cruel nature, Saturn can be the greatest support in our lives. So does Kurma, the great tortoise who holds the universe on his back. Honoring Kurma gives us the power and support of the forces of nature, develops willpower and patience, develops organizational and executive qualities, and mitigates misfortunes.
Saturn Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Kurmadevaya.
Varaha - Rahu
The boar Varaha saves the Earth and pulls it out from the bottom of the universal ocean. Worshiping Varaha and, by extension, Rahu helps us get out of the ocean of ignorance and illusion.
Rahu Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Varahadevaya.
Matsya - Ketu
The Lord's incarnation as a fish corresponds to the planet Ketu. In the form of Matsya, Vishnu saved Manu, the progenitor of humanity, from the flood, with whom a new cycle of creation began on Earth. Worship of Matsier bestows creative inspiration, helps overcome negative karma, alleviates misfortunes and gives strength to advance on the spiritual path.
Ketu Mantra: Om namo bhagavate Matsyadevaya.
Kalki - Navagraha
Lord Kalki, who will come at the end of the age, represents all nine planets. Worshiping him is equivalent to worshiping all nine planets together and helps in inner transformation, growth and development.
Navagraha mantra: Om namo bhagavate Kalkidevaya.
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