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[55] Top Ten Reasons For Buddhist Scriptures To Have Verses 十大佛经中有偈颂的原因

After teachings in long proses (长行) in Buddhist sūtras (佛经), there are often teachings in verses (偈颂) for these reasons:

[1] Summary: With summation of the (prose) teachings above.

[2] Essence: With what is essential in the teachings above.

[3] Succinctness: With that concise and clear on the teachings above.

[4] Augmentation: With additional aspects not in the teachings above.

[5] Emphasis: With praises to highlight important teachings above.

[6] Repetition: With repeating of teachings above to be learnt well.

[7] Reiteration: With rephrasing of above teachings’ key aspects to be learnt better.

[8] Memorability: With brevity that makes them easy to remember.

[9] ‘Shortcut’: With shortness for those lacking time to learn teachings above in detail.

[10] Curiosity: With some ‘cryptic and mystical’ nature that invokes curiosity to learn teachings above in detail.

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