Bahá’u’lláh made no mention of Buddha, and if it had not
been for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's statement we would not have been in a position to state
definitely that Buddha had been a Manifestation of God. There are a myriad
traditions in the legends of peoples that point back to some sort of divine
revelation but, as the beloved Guardian's secretary pointed out on his behalf
in a letter written to an individual believer on 13 March 1950, ". . . We
cannot possibly add names of people we (or anyone else) think might be Lesser
Prophets to those found in the Qur’án, the Bible and our own Scriptures. For
only these can we consider authentic Books." We must just accept that
there are undoubtedly many prophetic figures of whom all authentic record has
been lost.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 27 October
1986, written on behalf of the Universal House of justice to an individual
believer; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1986-2001’)
