Buddhist Aesthetics?
The Pali canon shows a largely negative view of visual art. In ancient Indian culture, beauty is associated with sexual attraction, and has an erotic overtone. Concern with beauty conflicts with the Buddhist ideal of detachment from worldly pleasures. On the other hand Buddhists have created wonderf...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Equinox
2014
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Religions of South Asia
Jahr: 2014, Band: 8, Heft: 1, Seiten: 83-96 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
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B Buddhism B Aesthetics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Pali canon shows a largely negative view of visual art. In ancient Indian culture, beauty is associated with sexual attraction, and has an erotic overtone. Concern with beauty conflicts with the Buddhist ideal of detachment from worldly pleasures. On the other hand Buddhists have created wonderful works of art, and monks can be painters or dancers. Pictures and performances are made as expressions of devotion, and as means of acquiring merit, and most importantly to convey a Buddhist message. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v8i1.83 |