[Buddha-l] FW: beauty--or art-- (?) and the restraint ofthesenses

[Gad Horowitz]

Greetings BuddhaScholars.  Lurker Gad Horowitz here, hoping to redirect this 
thread:  Years ago I read an essay called "The Dharma Gate of Beauty"--I 
believe inThe Eastern Buddhist.  If I remember correctly it BLEW the very 
concept of "beauty", maybe taking off from Dogen's wierd discussion of 
"flowers and weeds".  Anyone remember?


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>
> Hi Erik
>
> I would see a barbarian as actively against higher culture. I merely have 
> a limited acquaintance with it and a certain suspiciousness as to some of 
> the claims for it - I'm working class and from a hick town in a hick 
> country (and presently a long way from home!)
>
> It's clear that Bush *is* an uncultured hick, but he is also a barbarian. 
> I've met barbarians who were from cultured backgrounds as well, so maybe 
> the semantic fields only partially overlap?
>
> All this rasika business sounds mighty suspicious to this yokel ;-)
>
> Jayarava
>
> (Having a Rolf Harris renaissance thanks to spotify.com!)
>
>
>
>
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