How can religious clothing and performances reflect inner clarity in practice?

Begin with occasion and purpose. Religious activities can have beauty and bring happiness, but repeatedly stirring desire to attract people moves away from practice's direction of clarity and reduced craving.

I have discussed temple-festival performance trucks, pole dancing, and overly revealing clothes in some religious settings. Beauty is not forbidden. The question is why a solemn setting might become only about appearance attracting attention. In my view, bearing and appropriateness matter more than deliberately stimulating desire.

The same outfit can mean different things at different times and places. Banquet beauty and religious activities need not use identical approaches. The reminder is appropriate clothing and action for the occasion, not a ban on aesthetics or every desire after beginning practice.

This is a view from spiritual practice while respecting individual choices. Yet presentation also influences how others understand the occasion and faith, deserving thought beforehand.

Monastic and lay life also differ. Monastics have their precepts; lay practitioners like us may marry, have children, and lead daily lives. Outward forms need not be identical, but attention to the heart remains. Basic makeup may be courteous in a suitable setting. Ask whether it serves appropriateness or an increasing wish for attention. Apply clarity to yourself, not only to comparing others' appearances.