"The traditions established the fact that in all Dispensations the law of prayer hath constituted a fundamental element of the Revelation of all the Prophets of God-- a law the form and the manner of which hath been adapted to the varying requirements of every age." (Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Iqan, Writings of Baha'u'llah, p.85)
How does this square with the fact that the Buddha does not really seem to have encouraged prayer? (The only mention of it I have found is a kind of discouragement of certain types of prayer in the Salayatanavagga, in "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha", pps. 1336-1338.) Is meditation really a form of prayer? Did the Buddha really teach prayer and these teachings have been lost? What?" Dear Matt, In practice most Buddhists do pray whatever Buddha Himself might have said. In fact they evented prayer wheels, prayer beads and printing so they could do so continually. But the Iqan is really addressed to the model of the Abrahamic religions as understood in Islam where you have a Prophet, a Book, a set of Laws, etc. That paradigm doesn't fit the Eastern religions very well. warmest, Susan ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
