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| THE TEN AVATARS OF VISHNU |
Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist, about whom I’m
sure you must have read in your biology classes during school time….is credited
with the Theory Of Evolution. This theory gained popular
acceptance, after lot of controversies and rejection by the orthodox religious
and scientific fraternity.
The theory puts forward a very simple argument. It says that
all life on earth can be traced back to a common ancestor. This common
ancestor, was initially a simple living being….simple in structure and functioning
.
This common ancestor originated in some kind of quasi liquid pond(primordial
soup as per Darwin / life started in water...as per some religious texts..)
.
This ancestor later diversified and branched into various kinds of living
beings as we see them today
This diversification came about due to the following
phenomenon, as told by Darwin :
a) Process of natural selection
b) Struggle for existence
(survival of the
fittest)
c) Artificial selection/selective breeding
This theory of origin of Species , is considered to be the most
popular and unifying theory about diversity in nature and also about beginning of life on earth.
My aim is to give you a very interesting similarity between
what Darwin perceived about the origin of life and the ten avatars (incarnations)
of Vishnu.
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| LORD VISHNU HERE IN HIS SPLENDID SUPER HUMAN DEPICTION WITH THE LOTUS IN ONE HAND AND CONCH IN THE OTHER; WITH THE SUDARSHAN CHAKRA AND THE MACE AS HIS WEAPONS |
