Buddhist scripture stories

Author: Zhu Ruiwen
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Buddhist scriptures are records of the words and deeds of Sakyamuni when he propagated Buddhism. The stories Sakyamuni used were mostly folk tales from ancient India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Greater Yuezhi, and other regions. They reflect the loves and hates, prayers, and hopes of the people at that time. Therefore, this "Buddhist Scripture Stories" can be said to be a "collection of ancient folk tales from South and Southeast Asia." In terms of content, these stories praise self-sacrifice and oppose exploitation and plunder, praise equality among all beings and oppose the caste system, praise gratitude and oppose breaking trust, praise respect for elders and oppose neglect of parents, praise courage and wisdom and oppose cowardice and ignorance, praise peace and oppose war, praise selflessness and oppose greed, praise benevolence and oppose cruelty, praise honesty and oppose hypocrisy, praise humility and oppose arrogance. All of this not only had progressive significance at the time but also plays a role in building a good social atmosphere and cultivating genuine, good, and beautiful personalities to this day.