Notes on "Guan" as a Concept of Buddhist Aesthetics

Guan,as an important concept of Buddhist aesthetics,is a meaningful aesthetic idea judged either from the objects or from the nature of Guan.It is a kind of meditation,an intuition and an intuitionist way of thinking.With a positive attitude toward its object,it is physiologically featured as an intuitional thinking on the nature of things.With the knowledge of Buddhist aesthetics,one can have a direct thinking of the objects in the world of nature and have an immediate enjoyment in one's soul.In Buddhist aesthetics,Guan the thinking of the Way,the Beauty,and the Traveling has been widely used in the appreciation of arts and nature.But Guan the thinking of one's soul is emphasized by all important schools of Buddhism.And Guan the thinking of one's soul is not only the base for their theories but also the object of aesthetic object and the essential way to reach the highest level of life-the highest level of Buddhist teaching.