On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:18:57 -0800, Patti Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gilberto: > > Ok, I believe you. But then when you are in your Bahai paradigm, and > > read that the Buddha is identified with being a Manifestation, but the > > teachings of real live Buddhists in the world don't seem to be > > consistent with the Bahai teachings, I'm not sure what you do. Do you > > bracket the paradigm of the real live Buddhists away from the Bahai > > paradigm so that they are never compared with one another? Or do you > > do something else? > > As I see it, the differences between the "teachings of real live Buddhists" > and Baha'i understandings are largely due to the accretions of humans over > time, rather than the original teachings of the divine Manifestation, to the > core spiritual truths taught by Buddha. It's my understanding that very > little of Buddha's message was written down until after the advent of > Christ, by which time there was a lot added to the original teachings.
If that's the case, why would God have let the message get distorted in this way? Peace gilberto "pharoah is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
