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**Hsmrcahr** · 08-30-2011, 09:59 PM

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Your link didn't work for me, Hajurba.

I can't speak for Asian folk tales ..

Hiyah Kris, sorry, I don't think my OP was very clear. I had indeed meant folk tales myths and legends in Buddhist countries. An example being that in the past I read a couple of books of Tibetan folk tales, then there's also the tales of Gesar of Ling fighting the personified forces of evil and his coming again - very like the legend of King Arthur's second coming - and so on and so forth.

I'd just wondered to what extent cultural tales and customs had got mingled in with the original teachings of the Buddha in the various Buddhist countries and their traditions... and also if metaphor in the teachings had perhaps been interpreted literally or misunderstood.

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08-30-2011, 09:59 PM	#4
Hsmrcahr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	THE ANCIENT STORY OF NAMO BUDDHA Your link didn't work for me, Hajurba. I can't speak for Asian folk tales .. Hiyah Kris, sorry, I don't think my OP was very clear. I had indeed meant folk tales myths and legends in Buddhist countries. An example being that in the past I read a couple of books of Tibetan folk tales, then there's also the tales of Gesar of Ling fighting the personified forces of evil and his coming again - very like the legend of King Arthur's second coming - and so on and so forth. I'd just wondered to what extent cultural tales and customs had got mingled in with the original teachings of the Buddha in the various Buddhist countries and their traditions... and also if metaphor in the teachings had perhaps been interpreted literally or misunderstood. .
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