When the Mother was asked about the coming of Avatars in the future, She categorically stated that ‘Sri Aurobindo is the last Avatar in a human body’. Perhaps that is why the series of Avatars ends with the tenth. After all what is that special thing that happens with the 10th Avatar that there is no more need for any further Avatar. The shruti is silent on that. To use a reverse logic, each Avatar saves humanity from the clutch of evil and opens the doors to the future. But as we know it is not a permanent solution but a temporary buying time during which humanity is pushed a little further. So what really would happen with the coming of Kalki that it won’t be pushed back again. After all if human nature remains the same then it is bound to fall back in which case the Shruti would be speaking of further Avatars beyond Kalki. If we apply this logic then it naturally brings in Sri Aurobindo as the last Avatar who helps humanity cross over beyond man after which there will no more be the need for Avatars in a human body. Of course the Divine would be here for the joy of the play with His playmates grown fully conscious of His Law in the Supramental body. Together they will work out the further details of the Supramental evolution and beyond….
Buddha is mentioned in the Vishnu Purana as Mayamoha or something similar as an Avatar of Vishnu who comes to take the Asuras out of the creation and thereby open the way by putting the Asuric nature’s on the path of compassion and Nirvana. The denial of God by the Buddha draws the Asuric natures easily towards him. It must be however mentioned that the Buddha neither denied nor affirmed the existence of God. He simply spoke of the Permanent. A closer look at his doctrines however seem to point rather in the opposite direction than what is commonly understood. For without the soul, there would be no rebirth. Without the Divine there is no meaning of dharma sharanam and Buddham sharanam. He just refused to speculate on metaphysical issues because he knew that man would reduce it to a limited formal concept and institutionalise God within the limits of cult and sect and religion. It did anyways happen even during his lifetime splitting Buddhism into Hinayana and Mahayana, the latter with great and striking similarities to Hinduism.
Hope this answers the missing links in the series on the ten Avatars.
