Birbhadra, I don't think anybody here is displaying animosity towards Hinduism. The contention is, in my opinion, purely academic. Is Buddhism really a branch of Hinduism and is Gautam Buddha really an avatar of Lord Vishnu? And if the answer is yes in both cases, so be it. But what is the source of that assertion? Someone mentioned here that Vishnu's incarnation as Buddha was mentioned in Bhagavata Purana. That's the type of answer I was looking for. Now on what basis did Sukha assert such claim in that purana when he parlayed that to Parikshit? THAT is what I want to know. Rather than accepting everything on face value, one has to question why where how such is such. At least that's what they say in Buddhism.