Author:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780917512667
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hsüan Hua
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780881394689
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hsuan Hua
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Published: 2014-12-06
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1601030258
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) is known as the 'King of Kings' of all Buddhist sutras because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha's state of realization and the Bodhisattva's quest for awakening. It is said: “Unless you read the Avatamsaka Sutra, you will not know of the Buddha's true blessings and honor. The Avatamsaka Sutra is the Buddha's greatest store of treasures.” In forty chapters the sutra conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. It presents, in detailed description, the stages of Awakening that a Bodhisattva or 'Awakened Being’ must progress through on the path towards Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi – ‘Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.’ The sutra depicts the events that immediately unfolded upon the Buddha's Awakening under the Bodhi tree. It describes a cosmos that has infinite realms within realms, boundless and interpenetrating. Chapter 28 describes the Ten Spiritual Powers that Bodhisattvas attain upon perfecting their meritorious virtues in the practice of the Bodhisattva Path. These powers enable Bodhisattvas to discern the potentials of living beings to teach and guide them to bring forth the aspiration for enlightenment. Chapter 29 describes the Ten Patiences that Bodhisattvas must develop in their quest towards ultimate Awakening. If Bodhisattvas can perfect these ten kinds of patience, they will attain the positions of unobstructed patience of all Bodhisattvas.
Author: Thomas Cleary
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 1993-10-12
Total Pages: 1656
ISBN-13: 0834824094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary's definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary's translation of Li Tongxuan's seventh-century guide to the final book, the Gandavyuha, "Entry into the Realm of Reality."
Author:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780917512483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This chapter, which makes up one quarter of the entire Sutra, contains the spiritual journey of the Youth Good Wealth in his search for Ultimate Awakening. During his quest, he meets fifty-three Good Teachers, each of whom represents a successive stage on the Bodhisattva path. Good Wealth meets the teachers on the seventh to tenth Grounds.