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Buddha Buddhism Hindu History Indian Religions Vaishnavism

Were there two Buddhas?

Was Gautam Buddha an Avatāra of Viṣṇu or a different person from a similar Avatāra of Viṣṇu?

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Buddhism Hindu epics Indian Mythology Mahakavyas Rama Ramayana

Buddhist Rāmāyaṇas

Rama in Buddhism, Buddhist ramayan,
The 2nd-century BCE stone relief carvings on Bharhut stupa, as told in the Daśaratha-Jātaka.

Rāma is a heroic figure in across the Indian traditions. In Vaiṣṇavism & Sikhism , he is Viṣṇu-incarnate in the form of a princely king; in Buddhism, he is a Bodhisattva-incarnate; in Jainism, he is the perfect human being; In Rāma-centric traditions he is Para-Brahman himself; In Śaivism he is Parama-Śaiva. The influence of Rāmāyaṇa goes far beyond the Indian Subcontinent, with almost every South East Asian country having atleast one own version of Rāmāyaṇa( Vessantarajataka, Reamker, Ramakien, Phra Lak Phra Lam, Hikayat Seri Rama etc). There also exists the Khamti Rāmāyaṇa among the Khamti tribe of Asom wherein Rāma is an Avatar of a Bodhisattva who incarnates to punish the demon king Rāvaṇa . The Tai Rāmāyaṇa is another book retelling the divine story in Asom.