The Baha'i Studies Listserv And Baha'u'llah Himself further clarified what He had meant to say. Later `Abdu'l-Baha further re-inforced the clarification. I have a recollection of a passage somewhere in Baha'u'llah's Writings in which He is implying that Divine Revelation is not a child's play that every so many years someone would want to claim it.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Adib Masumian <adibmasum...@gmail.com>wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Whereas the Baha'i Writings teach that a Manifestation of God will not > appear for atleast 1,000 years after Baha'u'llah's own declaration of being > one, Maitreya says to the Baha'is, "It's not meant to be taken literally. > You are doing the same thing that the followers of older religions have > done" > > That might be a more viable argument if Baha'u'llah hadn't unequivocally > declared the following to this effect in verse 37 of the Aqdas: > > Whosoever interpreteth this verse otherwise than its obvious meaning is > deprived of the Spirit of God and of His mercy which encompasseth all > created things. > > Adib > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Matt Haase <matthewhaa...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> >> What I find interesting about this movement is that it is like holding a >> mirror to some Baha'is in regards to what they say about other religions. >> Some Baha'is tell followers of older religions that the scriptures are not >> meant to be taken literally, especially in regards to passages that >> seemingly claim a particular Prophet is the "last" Prophet. What I find >> interesting about Maitreya, is that he uses the same argument against >> Baha'is. Whereas the Baha'i Writings teach that a Manifestation of God will >> not appear for atleast 1,000 years after Baha'u'llah's own declaration of >> being one, Maitreya says to the Baha'is, "It's not meant to be taken >> literally. You are doing the same thing that the followers of older >> religions have done", whereupon Baha'is insist that they are not and claim a >> kind of exceptionalism; which is what we all do when confronted with this >> kind of issue. If anything, I think new religious movements in general act >> as a test to make us more humble in regards to people who follow older >> religions, because someone may pose the same arguments to us some day. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Stephen Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >>> >>> http://www.maitreya.org/ >>> >>> Joseph Emmanuel of the Mission of Maitreya <http://www.maitreya.org/>claims >>> to be the Maitreya Buddha, as well as a major prophet of God who >>> purportedly fulfills prophecies from the Old Testament, New Testament, >>> Koran, Baha'i scriptures and eastern >>> scriptures.[18]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya#cite_note-Prophecies_of_Maitreya-17>Perhaps >>> the most prominent example of Emmanuel's claims to being the >>> Maitreya is the fact that his main teaching seeks to unify the world's >>> religions by means of showing how each religion corresponds to one of seven >>> "seals".[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya#cite_note-Seven_Seals-18>His >>> use of the term "seal" is a reference to a central tenet of Christian >>> eschatological belief described in the Bible, in which it is predicted that >>> Christ would return and open a book sealed with "seven seals" (Rev >>> 5:5<http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rev%205&version=NIV>). >>> The Mission of Maitreya also makes claims that link Emmanuel's teaching of >>> seven seals to Buddhist tradition. According to Buddhist Scriptures, the >>> Maitreya Buddha will "take seven steps forward, and where he puts down his >>> feet a jewel or lotus will spring >>> up."[20]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya#cite_note-Buddhist_Prophecies_Website-19> >>> [21]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya#cite_note-Buddhist_Scriptures-20>Emmanuel >>> was originally a student of the yoga teacher P.R. >>> Sarkar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhat_Ranjan_Sarkar> in India, >>> who founded Ananda Marga <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Marga>, >>> and while in this organization, Emmanuel was given the spiritual name >>> "Maitreya." This has been cited as further evidence by the Mission of >>> Maitreya that Joseph Emmanuel is the true Maitreya. >>> >>> I was surfing through Wikipedia and found this. >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-547391-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
