Template:Did you know nominations/Filial piety in Buddhism
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:13, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
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Filial piety in Buddhism
Śyāma, a well-known story about filial piety in Buddhism
- ... that Buddhist teachings on filial piety (illustrated) say it is nearly impossible to repay the gratitude owned to parents, because it is that much? Source:"Parents, in fact, do so much for their children that it is almost impossible to repay them adequately" (Ohnuma 2012, pp. 11–12)
- ALT1:... that some Buddhists believe that all people have once been their parents in a previous life, and that liberating people from suffering is therefore a form of filial piety (illustrated)? Source:"Buddhism considers all kinds of service and help to sentient beings as filial piety. This is because Buddhism does not think of death as the end of life but as a change of form. ... Sentient beings wonder [sic] in the realm of samsara from the beginningless time until now, so that all other sentient beings may have been one's parents in past lives." (Xing 2013, p.18)
- ALT2:... that some Buddhists prostrate for their parents out of filial piety (illustrated)? Source: "Bowing to statues of the Buddha or to Buddhist monks is fairly ubiquitous amongst Buddhists of all denominations. The practice of bowing to parents, by contrast, is only practised by some types of Buddhists ..."(Thanissaro 2015, pp.1–2)
- Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Samuel van der Putte
- Comment: All sources cited are accessible.
Improved to Good Article status by Farang Rak Tham (talk). Self-nominated at 20:05, 15 August 2019 (UTC).
