ESSENCE AND BEAUTY THAT APPEARS IN HIMMAPAN OF WESSANTARA JATAKA
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Abstract
The Great Wessantara Jataka is the story of the Bodhisattva. When he was revered
as a Wessantara creature It is the last allegory of 547 and is considered the 10th incarnation
of the Jataka, which appears in the 28th Tipitaka. There are 134 incantations on the
story of Wessantara, donating elephants for the people of Klingarat. And therefore
deported Wessantara outside of city. In this case, there are 3 ethical principles which are
1) principles of giving, 2) Sangha objects and 3) sovereignty and values for oneself and
society in 4 areas: 1) physical values 2) mental values 3) Social values and 4) values of
traditions and culture. This also creates the beauty according to the Buddhist implications
in 2 dimensions: worldly beauty meaning that looking at physical beauty is not real or
simply to say that it is not true, therefore it is worthless or useless to life and beauty in
a fair dimension. The beauty of dhamma is a phenomenon of the beauty of Dharma
Therefore it is universal, everyone knows and can feel it directly, reflecting the nature of
being fair And can clearly reflect the outside And beauty in this dimension causes
maximum benefits.
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