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Kalki Avatar In Buddhism Vaishaka Dwadasi

Buddhism may lead one to believe that it is anti Sanatana Dharma because of its refusal to accept the Sruthi, Vedas as a tool of knowledge,Pramana.

It also advocates Nihilism or Sunya Vada which states that there is no Reality.

It shuns Rituals as advocated by The Vedas.

It disapproves Idol worship.

Incidentally Vedas do not advocate Idol worship either.

But Buddhist traditions closely follow the Hindu Puranas.

Hindu traditions, Puranas describe the Ten Avatars of Vishnu and one among them is the Kalki Avatar, which is yet to manifest in the present Kali Yug.

It is equally interesting that the Bhavishya, Garuda and Vishnu Puranas count Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu.

Kalki Avatar is also cited in the Kalachakra tradition of Buddhism with modifications.

Shiva Buddha Worshiped As One God Machendranath

Karma Kanda per se is very complicated and people were fed up.

Buddhism filled in the void with its Philosophy of change , its Nireswara vada, denial of Personal God, Idol worship and its denial of Vedic Authority.

It is an irony that Buddha is being worshiped as God.

There is a temple in Nepal where Lord Shiva and The Buddha are worshiped in a Temple and in the same Image.

This is Rato Machhendranath or Matsyendranath in the southern part of the Patan Durbar Square ,Nepal.