Beauty in Buddhism

Abstract

This academic article aims to study beauty in Buddhism. The results of the study found that although Buddhism teaches not to cling to the shape or beauty of the body, on the contrary, to consider the body as dirty, rotten, and a place for filth, by using the ugliness of the body as a type of meditation called Asupha Kammatthana. However, Buddhism has mentioned the beauty of the body as a result of practicing good deeds. A person who is beautiful is the result of observing the precepts. There are examples of beauty in Buddhism, such as the beauty of the Lord Buddha, which is called the Great Man's characteristics, and the beauty of women, which is called the Panchakalyani. In addition, there are teachings on the principles of Dhamma that make beauty, such as the karma that makes beauty, namely good deeds, and the Dhamma that makes work, namely Khanti (patience) and Sorajja (modesty).