On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:29:38 -0600, Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "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. Fair enough.
> "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. Well, Jesus didn't write any of the New Testament himself either. I guess in the case of the Buddhist scriptures, the fact that there are a core of scriptures which pretty much a wide consensus of Buddhists seem to be in agreement about, and the fact that I have no particular reason to discount them is persuasive enough for me. Gilberto: > "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?" Susan: > 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. Gilberto: That's not what I'm saying. I'm not hung up on there being a book. The argument made in the Iqan regarding Christianity is basically: > 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? And it just begs the question: What would be left to [Buddhists] to cling to from the setting of the day-star of [Sidhartha Gautama] until the rise of the [next Manifestation (Jesus?)] What law could be their stay and guide? 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
