For Buddha Purnima, 9 May
Posted on May 8, 2009
Filed under BVKS Sanga
It is said that because Krsna was constantly performing various types of
sacrifices and was inviting the demigods from the higher planetary systems,
the demigods were almost always absent from their consorts. Therefore the
wives of the demigods, regretting the absence of their husbands, began to
pray for the appearance of Lord Buddha, Krsna’s ninth incarnation, who
appears in the age of Kali. In other words, instead of being pleased that
Lord Krsna had come, they began to pray for Lord Buddha, who is the ninth
incarnation, because Lord Buddha stopped the ritualistic ceremonies and
sacrifices recommended in the Vedas in order to discourage animal-killing.
The demigods’ wives thought that if Lord Buddha appeared, all kinds of
sacrifices would be stopped, and thus their husbands would not be invited to
such ceremonies and would not be separated from them.
Sometimes it is inquired, “Why don’t the demigods from higher planetary
systems come to this earth planet nowadays?” The plain answer is that since
Lord Buddha appeared and began to deprecate the performance of sacrifice in
order to stop animal-killing on this planet, the process of offering
sacrifices has been stopped, and the demigods do not care to come here
anymore.
(from Nectar of Devotion)
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