Bahá'í Faith and Buddhism
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Buddhism is recognized in the Bahá'í Faith as one of nine known religions and its scriptures are regarded as predicting the coming of Bahá'u'lláh (Maitreya). Buddha is included in the succession of Manifestations of God. The authenticity of the current canon of Buddhist scriptures is seen as uncertain. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of Bahá'ís from Buddhist background.[1]
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Bahá'í scholarship
The differences between religious concepts in Buddhism and the Abrahamic religions has caused questions for Bahá'í scholarship. Jamshed Fozdar presents the Buddhist teaching about an unknowable reality as referring to the concept of God,[1] for example in the following passage from the Udana (v.81) in the Khuddaka Nikaya: "There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed. Were there not, O monks, this Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed, there would be no escape from the world of the born, originated, created, formed. Since, O monks, there is an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed, therefore is there an escape from the born, originated, created, formed."[2] Moojan Momen shows the many similarities between the ethical teachings in Theravada Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, and states that the metaphysical differences originate from culture-bound terminologies.[1][3][4]
Eightfold Noble Path
The Bahá'í teachings uphold all parts of the Eightfold Noble Path: right view, right aim or right-mindedness, right speech, right action, right living or livelihood, right effort or endeavour, right mindfulness and right contemplation.[5]
References
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- ↑ Fozdar 1995, pp. 133
- ↑ Momen 1988, pp. 185–217
- ↑ Momen 1994
- ↑ Momen 1994, pp. 5
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Further reading
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- Kluge, Ian. (2006). Buddhism and the Bahá’í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement.
- Kluge, Ian. (2013). The Bahá'í Writings and the Buddhist Doctrine of Emptiness: An Initial Survey.
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- Related documents on Bahá'í Library
External links
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects, compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
- BIC Statement: The Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith (1990)
- Prophecy Fulfilled: Buddhist Prophecies
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