Aesthetics from Consumption in the Tripitaka: Learning and Death from Tongue

Abstract

This article studies the "tongue" in the dimension of education according to the Buddhist framework. and is a taste receptor as a component of the body Use studies from documents and research. Written in the form of an essay in the style of an academic article. The results of the study revealed that the tongue is one of the elements of the 6 soldiers according to Buddhist beliefs. It is a tool for seeking knowledge, called "chivahapassa". It can also be used as a tool for consumption. It's a taste tool. And it can be a tool for separating the senses regarding knowledge. Therefore, the aforementioned elements are an important mechanism or important process for acquiring knowledge according to the Buddhist maxim or framework. In the Buddha's time, in the Jataka story of Khokhat, which had the flavor of beef. until they cut off the tongue of a cow and ate it and died In the literature of Ramayana There is a giant named Chiwha. with the tongue as a weapon died with the tongue The Naga is also known as Dwijivaha or two-forked tongue. The tongue is therefore a tool for seeking knowledge according to the Buddhist framework. It is a feature such as the Naga and the Yak, or the tongue, a taste-distinguishing device, that creates a career from the tongue in the case of a cook, etc.