urthona
magazine
Buddhism
and the Arts
A journey around the symbolic cosmos in the company of Dante with some notes for twenty-first-century travellers Reflecting on the tragic split in Coleridge’s poetic Imagination Can there be such a thing as Buddhist fiction or only fiction by Buddhists? Why might a Buddhist be interested in Blake? Why might an admirer of Blake be interested in the Buddha? In June this year Shantigarbha visited Sangharakshita, founder of the Western Buddhist Order, at his home in Birmingham. As well as working on his own literary projects, Sangharakshita has often emphasised the importance of the arts in the spiritual life. In this interview he talks about the arts in the twentieth century, his likes among its artists and writers, and his new collection of poetry. A 'scavenging assemblage artist' brings a Buddhist perspective to the aesthetic renewal of the Windhorse plot in Cambridge [from Urthona 19 Arts News]. This article is on Jayarava's own website.
This article is on Jayarava's own website.
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