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The teachings of theBaháʼí Faith regardBuddhism as a religion founded by aManifestation of God, andBaháʼu'lláh as the expectedMaitreya Buddha.[1] The authenticity of the current canon ofBuddhist scriptures is seen as uncertain. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of Baháʼís fromBuddhist background.[2]
The differences between religious concepts in Buddhism and theAbrahamic religions has caused questions for Baháʼí scholarship. Jamshed Fozdar presents the Buddhist teaching about an unknowable reality as referring to the concept ofGod,[2] for example in the following passage from theUdana (v.81) in theKhuddaka 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 scholarMoojan Momen argues that there are many similarities between the ethical teachings inTheravada Buddhism and the Baháʼí Faith, and that the apparent metaphysical differences originate from culture-bound terminologies.[2][4][5] Momen further argues that theBaháʼí teachings uphold all parts of theNoble 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]
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