Abstract
In the Arhat Belief that has prevailed since the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, people pray to the Arhats for peace, personal safety and health. Individuals are also able to achieve spiritual lift, good health and longevity through self-cultivation of mind and self-practice of the body. In martial arts, there is also a practice way of cultivating the mind and comprehending the rules of nature and the human body simultaneously, so as to achieve the harmony between the small universe of the human body and the external universe. On the other hand, religious art can convey the practitioner's perception and practice process with visible images. This study attempts to explore the enlightment and morphology of Arhats' practice expressed in the images of the Venerable Arhats of a new religion in Taiwan. This article is based on the 500 calligraphy paintings of Arhats with the dragon-shaped font as research objects, which painted by Grand Master Hunyuan Chanshi who communed with the sacred during period of “Ritual of Praying for Safety in the Year of Renyin (2023)". By researching the literature and comparing the relationship between the calligraphy of Hunyuan Chanshi and the trend of mountains ranges where the Arhats practiced, this study found that the topography of these mountains, from the perspectives of I Ching and Feng Shui, show the heart dharma of the Arhats and the martial art practiced by the Arhats. Findings of this study intend to provide inspirations of wisdom, health and longevity for readers.
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Hsu Yu-Hsin, Weixin Shengjiao College, Taiwan
Chang Shih-Chi, Weixin Shengjiao College, Taiwan
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Conference: KAMC2023
Stream: Cultural Studies
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Yu-Hsin H., & Shih-Chi C. (2023) The Heart Dharma and Martial Arts of Five Hundred Arhats: From an Analysis of Grand Master Hunyuan Chanshi’s Calligraphy Paintings ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.63
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.63
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