Project Gutenberg 2013-07-21 Public domain in the USA. 139 Waley, Arthur 1889 1966 Schloss, Arthur David 48037773 Zen Buddhism, and Its Relation to Art Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Zen Buddhism, and Its Relation to Art" by Arthur Waley is a scholarly examination of Zen Buddhism's origins and its profound influence on art, written in the early 20th century, specifically in the 1920s. This publication serves as both a historical account and an analytical exploration, aiming to elucidate the nature of Zen as it relates to traditional Buddhist thought and its artistic expressions. The book discusses the development of Zen thought and practice, alongside the artistic movements it has inspired. In this work, Waley traces the evolution of Zen Buddhism from its inception with the monk Bodhidharma in the 6th century A.D. through its various sects and teachings. He delves into the philosophical underpinnings of Zen, including its emphasis on direct personal experience over scriptures or rituals, and outlines how this ideology manifests in art, particularly in the realm of East Asian painting and aesthetics. Zen is portrayed as a means of achieving enlightenment and self-realization, connecting deeply with nature and the artistic process. Waley highlights the idea that Zen art is not merely decorative but a reflection of the artist's inner state and understanding of reality, reinforcing the intimate link between Zen philosophy and creative expression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43273/43273-h/images/cover.jpg en Zen Buddhism Buddhist art BL Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 85917 85926 2024-09-18T07:41:03.426164 2023-09-19T03:53:59.239299 text/html text/html 82580 2013-07-21T05:22:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 97704 2013-07-21T05:22:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 110983 2024-09-18T07:41:06.186142 application/epub+zip 110605 2024-09-18T07:41:03.985166 application/epub+zip 102639 2024-09-18T07:41:03.689169 application/epub+zip 163061 2024-09-18T07:41:08.044164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145222 2024-09-18T07:41:05.898148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137836 2022-09-19T17:50:45.252370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 68801 2024-09-18T07:41:03.189200 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69092 2013-07-21T05:22:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 27803 2013-07-21T05:22:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 68528 2013-07-21T05:22:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 27587 2013-07-21T05:22:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 68525 2013-07-21T05:22:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27541 2013-07-21T05:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21992 2024-09-18T07:41:08.190127 application/rdf+xml 14326 2024-09-18T07:41:03.785175 image/jpeg 1920 2024-09-18T07:41:03.735164 image/jpeg 98273 2024-09-18T07:41:03.437168 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia