By Liaquat Ali Khan
Though known as a Supreme Hindu god, Vishnu is a universal deity who
sends his avatars to all nations, cultures, and races. Vishnu has
appeared in many avatars, the most famous of which are Krishna and
Rama. Buddha is an avatar of Vishnu, though controversy shadows this
avatar. Some see Jesus too as an avatar of Vishnu. Over time, the Vishnu
appearances are countless, but only a few recognized, fewer understood.
Vishnu has appeared in the form of a fish, turtle, boar, half-lion,
dwarf, and perfect man. Vishnu preserves the evolution of life on the
planet. The avatar of Vishnu is dark-complexioned in India, as Jesus is
portrayed to be white-complexioned in Europe and North America. Other
avatars with varied complexions and facial features descend in other
parts of the world. Vishnu himself is not attached to any one color or
complexion.
Vishnu is meta-cosmic and meta-celestial being, boundless and
illimitable. Some Vishnu manifestations are momentous and
transformative, some momentary and illuminating. The avatars of Vishnu
may appear as national leaders, as local heroes. In some appearances,
the avatar of Vishnu is a celebrated prophet. The avatars share some or
many traits of Vishnu. The avatars are not identical in form or
substance. Nor are they equal to each other. Vishnu speaks all languages
of the world, and all dialects. Vishnu blesses every phonetic of sound
and every decibel of silence. However, each avatar speaks a distinct
language or dialect. Each avatar is a cultural embodiment.
The etymology carries a little secret. The English word avatar is derived from autar, a Sanskrit word, which means to descend. Nazala in Arabic (which means to reveal) is related to uturna
(climb down). Divine books, including the Gospels and Vedas, are the
speech avatars of the divine word periodically revealed by the Supreme
Being, known as God in English, Khuda in Persian, Elohim in Hebrew,
Allah in Arabic, Dieu in French, and Dios in Spanish. These names are
the philological avatars of the Supreme Being. These differing names do
not change the reality of the Supreme Being, which is one and the same.
Periodically, Vishnu descends or reveals himself to human beings as
an avatar whose outward appearance matches with that of a human being.
In essence, always, the avatar carries the consciousness of Vishnu. The
avatar is not Vishnu but a manifestation of Vishnu. The avatar of Vishnu
lives, walks, eats, talks, marries, and dies because the material
avatar is subject to the laws of nature as are all material forms of
life. The avatar follows the logic of the material form but does not
carry the consciousness of the form. This is what distinguishes human
being from the avatar.
The human being is afraid of death and seeks physical longevity and
even immortality but the avatar of Vishnu has no fear of extinction or
aspiration for immortality. A human being goes through a process of
physical and mental evolution and degeneration, with ever changing
consciousness, memory, and perspective. The avatar of Vishnu experiences
no such evolution in consciousness, memory, or perspective because the
avatar is already supplied with perfect divine consciousness that the
avatar may reveal only selectively.
The avatars of Vishnu do not seek hermitage or seclusion. They are
not monks or mendicants. They live in human communities. They establish
households much like ordinary human beings. They fall in love,
frequently more than once. They strive for peace and may fight wars to
preserve the community and its dharma against evil and oppression. By
participating in communal life, the avatars of Vishnu assert no ego,
carry no personal agenda, and harbor no lust for power or wealth — and
that is another key element that distinguishes avatars from human beings
who seek communal life, and some wish to lead nations and communities,
almost always propelled by personal desires. The ego separates the
avatar from the human being. The avatars act without ego and have no ego
while human beings act out of ego and cannot exist without ego.
Vishnu needs no ornamentation but the avatars adore cosmetics. Fine
clothes, jewelry, and perfumes are the embellishments of the avatars
that see beauty as both natural and cosmetic. Cosmetic beauty is as
alluring to them as natural beauty, sometimes more. The avatars of
Vishnu use surmah, kajil, surkhi, powder,
hair color, mascara, garlands, necklaces, bracelets, watches, diamonds,
pearls, stones, this and that, whatever enhances the splendor of
fingers, ears, eyes, cheeks, and lips.
The avatars of Vishnu celebrate the cultural life of communities.
They sing and dance. They have no sadness, guilt, pessimism, or doomsday
fears - all these are human constructs emanating from inherent
discordance within the human species. Avatars sing and dance to
experience the ecstasy of Vishnu. Some avatars sing and dance with eyes
open. Some avatars sing and dance with eyes closed. Dancing with eyes
open is excitement and dancing with eyes closed is harmony. Open eyes
experience the material world of perceptions; closed eyes savor the
world of imagination.
All avatars descend but only some reveal themselves. Those who reveal
themselves may be rejected, tortured, or killed. The human species will
be gradually misguided toward self-annihilation if and when Vishnu
decides to send no more avatars to illuminate dharma and reaffirm
distinctions between good and bad.
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