Sense Sphere of Buddhism in the Art World in The Boundless Rice Field by Nguyen Ngoc Tu

Abstract

The philosophy of Buddhism which encourages remaining tranquil, constraining one’s hatred, cultivating and expanding one’s compassion is thoughts composed in the literary work The Boundless Rice Field by Nguyen Ngoc Tu to breathe inspiration into readers. In the poetic world of The Boundless Rice Field, the cast of characters as well as images embracing space and time are structured and built on the contrast between the darkness of hatred, destruction, termination, death, despair and light of compassion, protection, life, faith, etc. The plot is widely known as current affairs closely connected to the daily life of farmers and peasants in the rural South; however, in this work, Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s words go beyond the private, the personnal self to express a universal message of humankind full of thirst for love, tolerance and salvation.