悉達多太子出生七日後，母親摩耶夫人辭世，昇至忉利天。太子在姨母大愛道夫人扶養下長大，後來出家悟道，成為覺者佛陀。佛陀即將入滅時，覺得母親的生育之恩未報，因此決定到忉利天為母說法，善盡度化母親的孝道。佛陀上昇忉利天為母說法，證明佛教非常重視孝道倫理，佛教對於合乎情法的世間人倫，並未否定和排斥。

Seven days after Prince Siddhartha was born, his mother Queen Maya passed away and was reborn in Trayastrimsa Heaven. The prince was raised by his aunt, Mahaprajapati. Later he renounced, attained enlightenment, and became known as the Buddha. When the Buddha was about to enter parinirvana, he felt that he had not yet repaid his mother's kindness for giving birth to him. Therefore, he decided to ascend Trayastrimsa Heaven to teach his mother the Dharma in order to fulfill his responsibility as a son. This shows that Buddhism places great importance on filial piety; Buddhism neither opposes nor rejects traditional social values when they are fair and reasonable.

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