Is it possible to speak of “art” within Buddhism?

The concept of art is not only in the West. But we are used to seeing it like this. This idea is a creative expression that reproduces senses and in a sense is a subjective development related to the historical background of other people. Even if we could talk about other luxurious and decorative arts, that is also true. All of these, we are related to the art in Western world view and seem to contradict other values ​​and purposes such as Buddhist values ​​and purpose. But is this true? Or is it just a misunderstanding of the two concepts of art and Buddhism? If so, why so many Buddhist art expressions are so old?

Indeed, Buddhist art can go back to the moment when Siddhartha Gautama died, his body was divided and placed in a beautiful vaultroom, each vaultroom was brilliantly tasted. This process does not exist in Buddhism, it is true, but for some reason this tendency is considered purely human glory (as Claude Levi-Strauss and other anthropologists point out), the dead Respect for is a basic civilized practice. This is also considered part of the origin of art.

Over the course of a century of our era, this trend brought symbolic art (a visual expression of Buddha). Specific principles and concepts such as "circle of Dharma" and "four great truth" have found their own graphic representation. In Tibet, even today "mandala" was thought to be a visual symbol inside Buddhism, but in this case, a geometric translation of the "holy temple" first appeared. As a technical aid it is used to attract attention during meditation. But Tibetan Mandala may be the only expression that can be seen as art. This is true only from an external point of view, as it means context, meditation and intensive practice. This is done in Mandala and never be preserved.

Temple, painting, sculpture, illustration: Things created in the context of Buddhism may be qualified as art, but is this natural? Maybe it is a gallery, probably a museum where monks participate? This seems to be somewhat contradictory

Only quoting these expressions gives the impression that they are inseparable from the doctrine for survival, but its existence lies in its authenticity.

Buddhism and minimalism not only talked about more desires but they also talked about the art of letting go. In Buddhism, giving up certain emotions and desires must not be a hurry or a kind of disgust. You should remember it. You should try to recognize yourself why you have these feelings and why you have desires! After all, we are not our feelings and desires - they are all what we experienced. This idea seamlessly transforms into minimalism. Minimalism does not mean that you give up everything in order to have very few things, but it wishes to avoid having you have infinite items to have infinite items. Please find something that will add value to your life. Do you like to gather books on the topics you visited? Are you a wine enthusiast? We all have what we like, it is very good. If you notice what you value, it is love

Thank you for your introduction. I am extremely happy and very honored to be with you today to come to this very famous university. I was asked to talk about Buddhism in the 21st century, which is, of course, a big topic. Therefore, I asked for some guidance on comments in this field and I suggested to talk about Buddhist worldwide aspects and Buddhist prospects. As you know, Buddhism is not a unified system, not even religion. People can even argue whether it is truly religious. But it spreads to many countries throughout Asia from all over Asia, every civilization encountered in every country is understood and adopted by this culture. So, we found a very different Buddhist brand in Asia.