177 The Nectar of Devotion

Buddha, the ninth incarnation of Krsna in the age of Kali. In other
words, instead of being pleased that Lord Krsna had come, they be-
gan to pray for Lord Buddha, who is the ninth incarnation, because
Lord Buddha stopped the ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices recom-
mended in the Vedas in order to discourage animal killing. The demi-
gods’ wives thought that if Lord Buddha appeared, all kinds of sacri-
fices would be stopped, and thus their husbands would not be invited
to such ceremonies and thus would not be separated from them.

Sometimes it is enquired, “Why don’t the demigods from higher
planetary systems come to this earth planet nowadays?” The plain
answer is that since Lord Buddha appeared and began to deprecate
the performance of sacrifice in order to stop animal killing on this
planet, the process of offering sacrifices has been stopped, and the
demigods do not care to come here anymore.
