A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAI MURAL PAINTING ABOUT THE BHUDHAS OF THE PAST AN LITERATURE IN RELATION OF BUDDHISM

Abstract

After the life time of Buddha, Buddhists have believed that reading and copying the scripture is one from making merit. This tradition was spread to many places that received Buddhism from both India and Thailand. Evidence of this appears in sculptures and paintings. Thais have specially liked painting murals about the Buddhas of the past, stories of the previous lives of the Bhuddha , the story of the life of the load Buddha and the Three World Story.

Although literary works and painting appear to be unrelated forms of the fine arts, they have maintained a firm relationship in the Bhuddist tradition though mural painting. Although both literary works and paintings are branches of fine arts, they are different from each other. The source of the story from the murals is the literature. At the same time we can estimate that the inspiration for the mural fundamentally the Thai literary work.

Buddhists believe that the scripture is the Buddha's words because primary evidence was founded in the Tripitaka . Afterwards, the commentary teacher magnified the scripture, reaching various sects of the Buddhism. This was the cause of the variety of the scriptures and the literary works today. Therefore it has influenced the fine arts that have a foundation in the beliefs and respect of Buddhists.