In the following article we will discuss the drama Buddha fromtwo fundamental dimensions which structure its artistic elaboration: art andBuddhism. Having this two dimensions as a starting point, we will consider someof Nikos Kazantzakis aesthetic and philosophical approaches which are exposedin Report to Greco, to show through them the meaning the topic of transcendenceacquires in his work and the implications that it may have in the material reality.Also we will analyse the dramatic construction of the two central characters,proposing that each one of them embodies a particular existential view, yet onlyone represents the ultimate meaning of existence: transcendental value which thecretan writer confers to the art and its power to transform through words.
Palma Paz, A. (2013). Meaning and trascendence in the Buddha of Nikos Kazantzakis tragedy. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (32), Pág. 269–279. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/28012
