This paper focuses on the perspective of life care with thoughts on how to interpret Buddhist scriptures that can be accepted by people today. For instance, it investigates how “suchness and right observation” and “having accomplished what was to be done, does not undergo subsequent rebirth” mentioned in the Āgama can help people to lead sentient beings towards joy as well as transcend rebirth, life, and death. In addition, it raises questions such as how to actually overcome all sufferings through perceiving that the five aggregates are empty in their own-nature mentioned in Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra? How to study, understand, practice, and verify what is taught in the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra in order to truly eradicate illness but not the Dharma? How is it that the Fifty-Three Visits of Sudhana can be a concrete method of practice, attaining the purity of the Dharma realm shown in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra about guiding all beings to attainment? How to attain the Buddha’s insight through the Lotus Sūtra? How can “Bodhi was a never tree, nor the bright mirror a stand; since nothing ever was, where can the dusts alight?” from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch be of inspiration and provide guidance to the suffering of beings today? Specifically, this paper explores the modern significance of Buddhist scriptures’ interpretation and offers a concrete analysis of the possible implications of life education in Buddhist scriptures. One hopes that Buddhist scriptures will be more easily accepted by the general public. With the interpretations and practices of Buddhist scriptures, it can be beneficial to people of the modern age.
