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　　I came across this article by Liang Qi Chao a while back. Today, I cited it here, as you all are intellectuals who possess a certain degree of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom and can perform analysis. I therefore hope that through his profound words and speech, some of you might reconsider the truth of Buddhism, after contemplating it.

　　As we all know, the founder of Buddhism was Shakyamuni Buddha. In 2002, I spent five months in Xia Men translating from Tibetan to Chinese a text of more than three hundred thousand words about Shakyamuni Buddha, titled White Lotus: The Legend of Shakyamuni Buddha. This treatise recorded all the experiences and activities of Buddha, who has been practicing the six perfections for the sake of sentient beings since countless eons ago. During the process of my translation, I deeply felt that the reason Shakyamuni Buddha gave up his head, eyes, flesh, and so on, again and again, for sentient beings, was precisely for the sake of gaining the fruition of supreme wisdom, so that he could help us to unlock our wisdom eyes. This appreciation has helped me to gain an irreversible faith in Buddha deep down in my heart.

　　At present, some people assume that Shakyamuni Buddha is almost the same as India”s Mahatma Gandhi. However, this only shows how they know nothing about the life of Lord Buddha. In fact, many famous people acknowledge such a great sage like Buddha is unparalleled or matchless. For example, the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, said, “I believe that Shakyamuni Buddha is our world”s greatest sage!” A friend of Lu Xun, Xu Shoutang, said in Memory and Impression of My Friend—Lu Xun: “ In 1914, after Lu Xun returned to China from his studies in Japan, he started to read a large number of Buddhist books and put great efforts into researching the Buddhadharma. That year, he bought seventy to eighty books of the Buddhadharma. Included in his purchase were Life and Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha, the Diamond Sutra, The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice, The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, Life of Xuanzang, Memoirs of Eminent Monks, The Reformation to Buddhist Bibliography of Zhixu”s Yuezangzhijin, and so on. At one time, he sighed, saying to Xu Shoutang: “What a great sage Shakyamuni Buddha was. I often had many problems about life that are very difficult to solve. But he has given the solutions to most of them long time ago. What a great sage!”

　　I had thought about Lu Xun”s words before. Although some people may not want to listen to his words, words of truth must be accepted. Especially his predictions, comments, and criticism of some phenomena of the present era of rapid material development are indeed of profound significance. If thinkers and writers like Lu Xun praised the wisdom and compassion of Buddha and all Buddha”s teachings to this extent, then what is the reason for someone who only has a smattering of knowledge about Buddha to slander Buddhism

　　 If someone really wants to refute Buddhism, it is necessary to carry out study and research on Buddhism first. Without a complete understanding of Buddhism, it is not right to wantonly comment on it. Just as the world”s preeminent dramatist, Shakespeare, advised in A Midsummer Night”s Dream: “Do not criticize or comment on something when you do not know the truth; otherwise, you might have to pay for your mistake with your life.”

　　At the moment, there are many people in our society who repeatedly criticize and refute Buddhism, even though they know nothing about Buddhism. However, the profundity of Buddhist teachings is as deep as the ocean and as vast as empty space. Therefore, even if you ar…

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