We cannot accept anyone as an avatara unless he has the symptoms described in the scriptures. Nowadays it has become a fashion that any man can come and say that he is God or an incarnation of God, and some accept it: "Oh, he is God." We do not accept an avatara like that. We take evidence from the Vedas. An avatara must conform to descriptions in the Vedas. Then we accept him; otherwise no. For each avatara there is a description in the Vedas: He will appear at such and such a place, in such and such a form, and He will act like this. That is the nature of Vedic evidence.
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is a list of the avataras, and there is mention of Lord Buddha's name. This Srimad-Bhagavatam was written five thousand years ago, and it mentions different names for future times. It says that in the future the Lord would appear as Lord Buddha, his mother's name would be Anjana, and he would appear in Gaya. So Buddha appeared twenty-six hundred years ago, and the Srimad-Bhagavatam, which was written five thousand years ago, mentioned that in the future he would appear. Similarly, there is mention of Lord Caitanya, and similarly the last avatara of this Kali-yuga is also mentioned in the Bhagavatam. It is mentioned that the last incarnation in this age is Kalki. He will appear as the son of a brahmana whose name is Visnu-yasa, in a place called Sambhala.
There is a place in India with that name, so perhaps it is there that the Lord will appear.
So an avatara must conform to the descriptions in the Upanishads, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Mahabharata, and other Vedic literatures.
Maya may try to pull us from Krishna's service, and try to engage us in her service,
but we must simply persevere, and try to do as much as possible for Krishna each day,
and gradually it will be easier and easier to keep engaged in Krishna Consciousness activities.
And pray to Krishna to please keep us always engaged in the service of His Lotus Feet.
Krishna is very kind, and He is never ungrateful, and will give you more and more opportunity to serve Him.
That is His Mercy.
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