Original sentence: However, Siddhartha Gautama taught against the belief in an omnipotent Creator God and consequently Brahmins classified Buddhism as nāstika (heterodox, literally "It is not so")
Edited sentence: Are Buddhists Hindus.Buddha: The Refiner of Hinduism.Different traditions within Hinduism each have their own subtly different perspectives on Buddha's teachings and their relevance after this time period.Even though a great number of Hindu schools accept Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu, his teachings are still in some instances considered to be a form of atheism, as Buddha taught that there is no creator God.However, Siddhartha Gautama's teachings deny the existence of a Creator God and consequently Buddhism falls under one of the nāstika (heterodox, literally "It is not so") schools, especially from the viewpoint of the dualist (dvaita) traditions of Hinduism.In the Khuddaka Patha(1:38), Buddha is one who "burns the jungle of views" and lays the path clear, so that the seed of true merit (punya) may be planted.Mahatma Gandhi and Buddhism (pdf file).Teachers from the Advaita schools are more likely to see Buddhism as being eternally relevant, due to the philosophical similarities between the schools, whereas the Dvaita and bhakti traditions more commonly view Buddha's teachings as being relevant to that specific time period only.The Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu (article by A.The monist schools of Hinduism, such as Advaita, share a number of philosophical similarities to Buddhism and thus give less emphasis to the nastika interpretation of his teachings.Within Hinduism, avatars such as Rama or Krishna are popularly worshipped as the Supreme God, but it is much less common to find Buddha the avatar being worshipped by Hindus in the same way.id:Buddha sebagai Awatara Wisnu