Humanism in the Nikaya Literature

by Bhikkhu Duc Truong

-Over 2500 years ago when the world overwhelming in the dark times of mystery and the wrong view on man Buddhist humanism emerged and brought the light of enlightenment to humankind. It emancipated man from the concept of great Brahma the Supreme the Omnipotent the Creator God, and the view that all beings are his creation at his will all beings come into existence or man is their production.As a humanist the Buddha revolutionized thoughts and traditions of ancient India. He looked upon man`s wayfaring in the world as a very true thing. He urged man to put forht his own energy to attain the unattained to master the unmastered and to realize the unrealized and that in possession of that state man would live happily.