dear gahugoro, i did Not claim buddhism being branch of hinduism i just said what if i believe so can you prove i am wrong? you cannot because beliefs are beliefs they cannot be challenged unless they are related to physical world, debating who is right about abstract things like buddha being avatar or not is futile. i already stated in my previous thread that i neither believe buddha is god nor do i consider buddhism or any other "ism" to be part of hinduism. Frankly i don't care if buddhist feel bad if hiundus consider thier religion as their owm branch. you can deny to kiss someone you can avoid being kissed by someone but if people start to throw flying kisses you can't stop it. hehe I am more concerned about religions of the west particularly christianity and Islam because they are trying to spread their believes through power and money and convert us into their armies of crusaders and jihadist.