Search results

And though the authority of Bhagavad Gita may be questioned by the Baha'i, we (Vaishnava) consider it absolute and infallible. I do respect that Baha'i honor our Lord, but from his own words we accept that he is the divine creator, sustainer and destroyer of all known worlds. Now the Baha'i and...

I thank you for your sources and apologize for having made arguments without proving a source. After consulting with more learned devotees I have found that you are indeed correct about the term "avatara". However, the book you've provided shows and implies that the words are understood to mean...

Lord Shakyamuni (the Buddha) has taught that at the end of a man's life, he shall not return to this world. He tells us, though, that there is something that returns; he compares this to beads upon a string and the law of karma. Would this fit into a Baha'i perspective? If so, in what way? And...

Thank you for your input, and I respect the opinion of the scholar, but the word "Avatara" is present in the Rig Veda (oldest of all religious texts known to man) in reference to Vishnu's divine incarnations: Matsya, Vamana, Varaha, Kacchap and Mohini. While the word "pradhurbhava" is used in...

Chahta and Chicksah were twin founders of the eponymous nations, led by the spirit of Aba (in some versions an unnamed messenger of Aba). Similar to the "twin manifestations". These ideas are quite common within the mythologies and religions of the Indigenous Americans. Most have a name, or many...

I thank you for the links and the civil responses. I do have another question, though, if anyone would oblige me. Baha'u'llah is understood as the divine incarnation of the names and attributes of the supreme being, along with Krishna and many others, correct? I've seen a few members of the...

To my knowledge the only existing texts are in Persian and/or Arabic.

I would say that both the Bab and Baha'u'llah clearly affirm the idea of reincarnation and rebirth, however, Abdul-baha (the son and appointed successor of Baha'u'llah) denies this and calls it a "man made doctrine". On another note, Shoghi Effendi has no appointed successor as Abdul-Baha...

Forgive my ignorance, brothers. I would simply like either an in-depth or a brief explanation of the livity of Rastafari.