Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris
6. What is the Place of Images in Buddhism?
Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris
Sarah Shaw [+]
University of Oxford
Sarah Shaw is a Member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
Description
Images of all kinds are found in the Buddhist tradition. Often with precise meditative or ritual purpose, they are celebratory, too—artistic outflowings expressing through material objects a sense of the Buddhist path.