My Param Gurudeva Srila Bhatiprajana Kesava Maharaja explained about the Original Buddha that came around 3000 years ago and mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam ,,Siddhara Buddha lived around 500 before Christ I saw a series on Net flix about the life of SIddharta Buddha it was very educational unfortunaly it was later removed ,,Buddhas incarnation of Krsna appeared in Bihar India and Guatama Buddha in Nepal
Siddhartha Gautama’s Lifespan
According to Buddhist tradition, Siddhartha Gautama — later known as the Buddha — was born in Lumbini (modern-day Nepal) around 563–480 BCE and died in Kushinagar (modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India) around 483–400 BCE, having lived approximately 80 years Wikip
Gautama Buddha did not tell people to give up the Vedas and follow him ,,,but he taught Ahimsa ,,non violence and was vegetarian ,,there is a pastime how Gautama Buddha once manifested thousands of White Elephants and he was ridding one of the them,, this is when he was still a prince and he told the attacking army ,,by my powers I can crush you but I seek Non violence and peace and so the king that attacked Nepal retreated back to India ,,Gautama Buddha did not see old people and death and illness because his father banned all old people to live away from the Capitol one day prince Gautama on his own came to the place where his father had send away al the invalid and sick people and older people,, and then Gautama Buddha realized that life should be spend in enlightenment,,Prince Gautama was married but renounced his beautiful young wife and children,,they later also became Buddhists,, he went to Buddha Gaya in India where Krsnas Avatar had achieved englightenment and there also realized Nirvana what Buddha called Brahman ,,so it is impersonalistic philosophy ,, Buddhist belive in Karma,,though nowadays most Buddhist still eat meat ,,but both forms of Lord Buddha taught no meat eating ,,though Buddhism is supposed to be non violent,, there are followers of SIddharta Buddha that practice martial arts,, lots of the Asian martial Arts are Buddhists also including Taekwando , Japanese Karate, Kung fu etc has roots on Buddhas ideas ,,never use violence except for extreme self defense ..the largest country for worship of Buddha was Tibet now occupied by the Chinese ,,in a disgusting way ,,many still seek the independence of Tibet ..
Lord Buddha mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam is different from Siddharta Buddha both taught celibacy and being a vegetarian but did not preach God is a person ,,thus when I read Buddhist teachings when I was 17 and 18 I rejected it and instead accepted Bhagavad Gita as it is ,,as a Christian I had always worshipped God as the Supreme Lord
tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte
sammohāya sura-dviṣām
buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ
kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati
Translation
Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.
So I am not sure when is the birthday of Lord Buddha that appeared in Gaya,, there is Gaya for Vaisnavas where Lord Visnus foot print is worshipped and nearby Buddha Gaya I never went there as I had no time and interest really ,,,since Buddha rejected Krsna and Visnu worship ,I recommend the book by my Param Gurudeva Srila Bhaktiprajana Kesava Maharaja Beyond Nirvana ..
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