AN ANALYSIS ON THE BUDDHIST ASTHETICS CONCEPTUAL VALUE TOWARDS THE DOCTRINAL PENETRATION

Authors

  • เยื้อง เยื้อง ปั้นเหน่งเพ็

Keywords:

Concept, Aesthetics, Buddhism, Value

Abstract

This article is part of a research study entitled ―An Analysis on the
Buddhist Æsthetics Conceptual Value towards the Doctrinal Penetration‖
consists of three objectives as (1), to investigate the Buddhist aesthetic
conceptual value 2) to explore the Buddhist aesthetic concept and 3) to
analyze on the Buddhist aesthetic conceptual value towards the doctrinal
penetration. The research was conducted by the qualitative research method.
The results revealed that the concept of aesthetics focus on a study
of the beauty and ugliness in nature and arts including value that occurs with
the human emotion. Regarding the concept of Buddhist aesthetics, it focuses on
the beauty in two dimensions viz. the mundane and super mundane. According
to the Buddhist attitude of beauty and ugliness in the Buddhist Canon, it has
been described extensively and the concept of aesthetics divided into two
types as (1) objective aesthetic and (2) subjective aesthetics. The objective

aesthetic is the perception of aesthetic experience that associated with material
qualities viz. nature, human body, culture and arts. The subjective aesthetic is
the perception aesthetic experience that associated with mentality or senseimpression
viz. eye-contact, ear-contact, nose-contact, tongue-contact, bodycontact
and mind-contact. Regarding the value criteria on Buddhist aesthetics, it
can be divided into three conditions as (1) correspondence, (2) unity or oneness
and (3) truthfulness. In addition to the value of Buddhist aesthetics, it can be
divided into three categories: (1) morality (2) and artistic (3) Buddhist art.

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Published

2018-12-22

How to Cite

เยื้อง ปั้นเหน่งเพ็ เ. (2018). AN ANALYSIS ON THE BUDDHIST ASTHETICS CONCEPTUAL VALUE TOWARDS THE DOCTRINAL PENETRATION. Journal of MCU Social Science Review, 7(4), 76–94. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jssr/article/view/161902