"I am personally open to the idea that Buddha may have been a prophet, But I wouldn't insist on it the way that the Bahais do."
Dear Gilberto, We believe it because Abdu'l-Baha said so. "So don't have any reason to believe that the current Buddhist scriptures are distorted." Buddha appeared in India before writing was current there, so there really are no scriptures that can be directly linked to Him. "So if it would be nealy unthinkable that God would leave the followers of Jesus without access through scriptures then what about the followers of the Buddha?" I don't think Baha'u'llah's statement in the Iqan regarding the integrity of the Gospel should be taken to mean there couldn't be Manifestations before there were books. Buddha was born around 500 B.C. The current writing systems of India date only from around the Mauryan Empire, some two centuries later. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ 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
