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The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary

The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary ebook
ISBN: 0877739404, 9780877739401
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Meegaskumbura, Kandy, Sri Lanka,. Flower Ornament Scripture: Entry into the Realm of Reality: The Text: Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary (Translator) - Find this book online from $. The first comprehensive translation of the Avatamsaka was done under the direction of the Indian monk, Buddhabhadra (359 – 429) and the second, was completed under the direction of the Khotanese monk, Shikshananda (652 – 710). Thomas Cleary in his book of the translation of The Book of Balance and Harmony (1989) identifies that the Taoist movement called the Complete Reality movement was created to distinguish a practical understanding of Taoism as it Cleary writes that ” ironically, one of the most comprehensive descriptions of Taoism … can be found in a Buddhist text, the Avatamsaka-sutra or Flower Ornament Scripture,” which he said is “held to contain the totality of all religion:”. (Thomas Cleary, tr., The Flower Ornament Scripture {Avatamsaka Sutra), Vol. D T Suzuki speaks of it as follows.. The Eleventh Chapter “Purifying Practice” of the Avatamsaka Sutra. I'm currently reading the Avatamsaka Sutra (also known as the Flower Ornament Scripture) It is a vast text, running to over 1500 pages. The above lines constitute one of the most famous excerpts from Virgil which in translation reads: Easy is the descent to Avernus; for the door to the gloomy underworld lies open both day and night. To date, the entire sutra has not been published online in English. Thomas Cleary's words, so I sincerely appreciate his wisdom and compassion from my deepest heart.] Cleary, Thomas (1993) The Flower Ornament Scripture, Boston & London. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thomas Cleary, 1993. The Flower Ornament Sutra, (Avatamsaka in Sanskrit; Hua-yen in Chinese; and Hwaom-gyong in Korean) is one of the major Buddhist texts, perhaps the richest, most psychedelically grandiose of all Buddhist scriptures. [Notes: The English translation of this sutra has been quoted from Mr. One of the more valuable sutras ever to come into print is The Flower Ornament Scripture by Thomas Cleary. But to retrace Gunapala Dharmasiri, 'Some Thoughts on Identity and Difference in the Avatamsaka Sutra(The Flower Ornament Scripture), in Identity and Difference Essays on Society and Culture in Sri Lanka, edited by John Clifford Holt and P.B. Taking refuge in the Teaching, they should wish that all beings enter deeply into the scriptures, and their wisdom be deep as the sea. The Avatamsaka Sutra teaches the interpenetration of all dharmas -- the smallest dharma contains the largest and vice versa. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary 1993 Shambhala Publications 1641 0877739404,9780877739401. This profound idea is reflected in the beliefs of Hindu and Buddhist philosophies as expressed in the Theory of Non-duality and Maya and in the Avatamsaka Sutra(The Flower Ornament Scripture) which uphold that nature cannot be reduced to 'basic building blocks'. Cleary, Thomas [translator] – The Flower Ornament Scripture, A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (1993).pdf.