Baháʼí Faith and Buddhism

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The teachings of the Baháʼí Faith regard Buddhism as a religion founded by a Manifestation of God, and Baháʼu'lláh as the expected Maitreya Buddha.[1] 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 Baháʼís from Buddhist background.[2]

Baháʼí scholarship

The differences between religious concepts in Buddhism and 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 there is an escape from the born, originated, created, formed."[3]

Baháʼí scholar Moojan Momen argues that there are many similarities between the ethical teachings in Theravada Buddhism and the Baháʼí Faith, and that the apparent metaphysical differences originate from culture-bound terminologies.[2][4][5] Momen further argues that the Baháʼí teachings uphold all parts of the Noble Eightfold 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.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Momen, Moojan (1985). Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-85168-184-1
    .
  3. ^ Fozdar 1995, pp. 133
  4. ^ Momen 1988, pp. 185–217
  5. ^ Momen 1994
  6. ^ Momen 1994, pp. 5

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