TEN INCARNATIONS OF GOD IN HINDUISM AND DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION
In Hindu scriptures there is the description of dasavatar (dasa - ten;
avatar - incarnation of God). This actually refers to the evolution of
life and is fully compatible with the theory of evolution of Sir Charles
Darwin 5000 years later !
The first avatar (incarnation) is
called MATSYA (Fish) - Life appeared on earth in water as a water borne
single cell organism (and finally evolves into a human being).
The second avatar is called Koorma (Tortoise) – Life graduated into an
amphibian from water dependent organisms to those who can live both in
water and land.
The third avatar is called Varaham (Pig) – Pig
can live in wet land – fully out of water but still not fully
independent from water. (See the progression of evolution!)
The
fourth avatar is called Narasimham (Half man half lion) – The evolution
to man continues and now we have a half man - half animal creature, may
be referring to hunters or monkeys.
The fifth avatar is called Vaman (Small man) – the animal part is totally discarded now and a small man like shape has evolved.
The sixth Avatar is called Balram (Farmer) – Man gets into farming to make food.
The seventh Avatar is Parashuram (Angry saint who killed Brahmins) –
This may be referring to social reformations and action against
chauvinists.
The eighth Avatar is called Sri Ram – The perfect human is finally evolved. He values morality more than his own well being.
The ninth Avatar is called Krishna – Krishna is not regarded as a human
being but is above it. He is the direct incarnation of God without any
weaknesses or desires; and does magical things capable only by him. His
posture of playing a flute besides a cow (representing the world or
nature) is the ultimate meaning about God and its creation. God sings by
leaning on its creation.
The tenth avatar is called Kalki – In
this state, there is nothing more to evolve. Kalki is the state of God
when it reacts to situations in the world directly by thoughts to avoid
catastrophe. It is not a physical existence but a state of active
dialogue with this world.
Wonder why the Indian philosophers
were not considered for Nobel Prize for the theory of evolution as they
understood 5000 years ago. For that matter even Mahatma Gandhi did not
get Nobel prize for peace. May be he was not peaceful enough for the
prize!
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