AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF AESTHETICS IN BUDDHISM WITH PLATO'S AESTHETICS

Abstract

The objectives of this paper are 1) to study the aesthetics of Buddhism, 2) to
study the aesthetics of Plato, and 3) to analyze the aesthetics of Buddhism and
Plato. This research was a qualitative research. The tools used for data collection
were primary data from the Tipitaka. and secondary documents from documents,
textbooks, related research research report and analyzing the concepts of the two
sciences to see the views, namely the aesthetics of Buddhism in Buddhism and the
aesthetics of Plato, to propose similarities and differences in aesthetics The results
showed that
1) Aesthetics in Buddhism Emphasis on the study of beauty and non-beauty in
art and nature. Including the emotional values that arise with human emotions the
concept focuses on the study of beauty in two dimensions, namely beauty in the
moral dimension and the beauty of the world. Types of Aesthetics in Buddhism
Discussing attitudes towards beauty and ugliness in Buddhism, divided into two
aspects: 1) objective aesthetics and 2) subjective aesthetics.

2 ) The aesthetics of Plato that are important are “Form or Idea”. Self-
existence is the embodiment of all kinds. Such as the kind of beauty, the kind of
goodness the form of people and animals, etc., and the important thing is that the
model is the template, the mold of all things. All the unique things that appear in
the world of experiences that we see each other today are they all modeled or right?
modeled after the model world behind the world.