The Value of the Diamond Sutra to the Aesthetics of Modern China

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The Value of the Diamond Sutra to the Aesthetics of Modern China

Yuyao Cheng 1*
  • 1 University of California, San Diego, United States    
  • *corresponding author dao.sprefe@natains.org
CHR Vol.4
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
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ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-31-7
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Abstract

The aesthetic ideology in the Diamond Sutra and its value of it for modern Chinese society is empty in current research and is open to further discussion. Excavating the embodiment of the teachings of mindfulness in life, living, nature, and almsgiving in the Diamond Sutra is a step toward studying the aesthetic ideas in the Diamond Sutra. Mindfulness in Diamond Sutra is the way to correctly observe the outward world and thus correctly observe the inward self. In addition to righteousness, the Diamond Sutra also implies the dharma of seeing reality, which is the dharma of Vipassana. Chinese-localized Vipassana has long become the most popular Buddhist teaching in modern Chinese society because of its compatibility with traditional Chinese culture. For modern Chinese society, the way to change the status quo may be to shift from practicing the Chineseized Vipassana that focuses on inward reflection to practicing the original mindfulness method of the Diamond Sutra.

Keywords:

Diamond Sutra, Buddhist aesthetics, Mindfulness, Vipassana

Cheng,Y. (2023). The Value of the Diamond Sutra to the Aesthetics of Modern China. Communications in Humanities Research,4,396-402.
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[11]. Yonghua Zhao. (2013) A Study of the Influence of the Diamond Sutra and Zen Thought. Yunnan Normal U, Ph.D. thesis.


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Cheng,Y. (2023). The Value of the Diamond Sutra to the Aesthetics of Modern China. Communications in Humanities Research,4,396-402.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 2

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References

[1]. Pine, R. (2009) The diamond sutra. Catapult.

[2]. Xueme C. (2009) "Seculariousness and Accomplishment: A Review of Dewey's Aesthetic Experience." Journal of China University of Mining and Technology: Social Sciences 11.1, 130-133.

[3]. Yixuan W. (2015) A study on the Thought of Life Aesthetics in the Book of Six Ancestral Altar. Yangzhou U, Ph.D. thesis.

[4]. Pine, R. (2005) The heart sutra. Catapult.

[5]. Jones, D. (2004) "Body-mind-self-world: ecology and Buddhist philosophy." Journal of Philosophy and Culture 1.2, 107-124.

[6]. Schopenhauer, A. (2012) The world as will and representation, vol. 1. Vol. 1. Courier Corporation.

[7]. Wendan Zhao. (2021) “The View of Life in the Diamond Sutra and Its Contemporary Value.” Huaxia Culture.

[8]. Xuecai Xue. (2012) "The Aesthetic Thought of 'Diamond Sutra'." Journal of Yulin Normal University, Philosophy and Social Science, 4, 33.

[9]. Jia Chen. (2019) "Emotion from Action: An interpretation of John Dewey's View of Aesthetic Expression." Academic Journal.

[10]. Baogui Zhang. (2019) "Disciplines and Problems in Chinese Life Aesthetics." Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 65-85+237.

[11]. Yonghua Zhao. (2013) A Study of the Influence of the Diamond Sutra and Zen Thought. Yunnan Normal U, Ph.D. thesis.