On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:50:20 -0800, Patti Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But in the Kitab I-Iqan is the section which has often been quoted to me: > > > > How could God, when once the Day-star of the beauty of Jesus had > > disappeared from the sight of His people, and ascended unto the fourth > > heaven, cause His holy Book, His most great testimony amongst His > > creatures, to disappear also? What would be left to that people to > > cling to from the setting of the day-star of Jesus until the rise of > > the sun of the Muhammadan Dispensation? What law could be their stay > > and guide? How could such people be made the victims of the avenging > > wrath of God, the omnipotent Avenger? How could they be afflicted with > > the scourge of chastisement by the heavenly King? Above all, how could > > the flow of the grace of the All-Bountiful be stayed? How could the > > ocean of His tender mercies be stilled? We take refuge with God, from > > that which His creatures have fancied about Him! Exalted is He above > > their comprehension! > > > > [end quote] > > > > 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? > > > > Note that in the above statement Baha'u'llah writes: "What would be left to > that people to cling to from the setting of the day-star of Jesus until the > rise of the sun of the Muhammadan Dispensation?" This indicates a time > frame for guidance lasting only until the next dispensation.
Sure. I understand that.very close to the passing of the Buddha, the disciples gathered to reiterate and recall the teachings as they remembered them. They were passed on orally for some time but there is still a large core of Buddhist scripture was in written form well before Christ. > Remember > Christ's parable of the barren fig tree? It appears to represent, at least > in one sense, the teachings of Buddhism (revealed under the fig tree) that > were no longer yielding their "fruits" (i.e. true spirituality of it's > believers who would have recognized Christ) at the time of Christ's advent > and withered away. Botanically and historically was the bodhi tree really a fig tree? 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
