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What is Buddhist Art?

Presented by Dharma Realm Buddhist University at City of 10,000 Buddhas

What is a Buddhist understanding of art? This class will explore the Buddhist philosophy of art as portrayed through its images.

A Buddhist philosophy of art portrayed through its images. A series of twelve lectures accompanied by slides from the Buddhist world.

Buddhist art as it unfolds into the present continues transforming civilizations. From the days of Sakyamuni Buddha’s birth, it served as a tool of culture changing humanity’s understanding of beauty, shedding a constant light on the meaning of truth and reality .

By examining art alongside the development of an independent Buddhist thought process, the course hopes to clarify the meaning as well as the role of Buddhism within the flow of history.

The topics will include the the birth and life of Sakyamuni Buddha, the path of the elders after the death of Buddha, Emperor Asoka’s spread of Buddhism: Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Cambodia (Borobudur, Angkor Wat), Central Asia, India (Ajanta and Ellora, China, Japan, Thailand, Burma and finally the contemporary world.

The lectures will be held at the Guest House at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, CA. To get there, simply follow the signs for the vegetarian restaurant, then turn left. The Guest House is a two-story building at the corner of Vigor and Compassion Way.