In my estimation that subforum wouldn't become big enough., because Buddhist art is nearly never reduced to art.
I think, you can find and post interesting related topics in the subforums Shrine Room, Media and Book Reviews.
In my estimation that subforum wouldn't become big enough., because Buddhist art is nearly never reduced to art.
I think it's a really good idea and would welcome it. We have a forum for academic discussion and meta topics like death and dying so I can't see why Art would be any less popular. Art is one of the 5 knowledges [Pañcavidyā ] after all.
- WikiThe five sciences are: science of language (śabda vidyā), science of logic (hetu vidyā), science of medicine (cikitsā vidyā), science of fine arts and crafts (śilpa-karma-sthāna vidyā), and science of spirituality (adhyātma vidyā).
Yes. Experience shows that these kinds of complaints would then come in regularly by different people.Norwegian wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:35 am I would not welcome it, if it means there would be a myriad entries on Vajrayana's deities, protectors, and so on, all of which should not be for public consumption, but which people treat as collectible radio parts to be analyzed and put on display for everybody anyways (not proper according to Vajrayana). And so I'm afraid that if a Buddhist Art forum is made, something like this would become the norm. These things should be private and for those with the relevant empowerment/transmission.
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The question is: why do we need an extra subforum again? It is not forbidden to post Buddhist art within the range of our ToS. The member who inspired this idea is a student of art history viewtopic.php?t=32896#p518842avatamsaka3 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:17 am So why are we waiting on this? We can set up reasonable limits on posting images of items that are supposed to be restricted in the Tibetan tradition. But keep in mind, the Mahayana world is very large, and there is a huge amount of Buddhist art that has nothing to do with formal Vajrayana practice.