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The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary
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In the Chinese Huayan school, based on the visionary Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament scripture, ten times are depicted, the past, present, and future of the past, of the future, and of the present itself, along with the combination of all nine of those as a tenth. Thomas Cleary, trans., The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Shambhala, 1993. 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:”. One of the more valuable sutras ever to come into print is The Flower Ornament Scripture by Thomas Cleary. Sunyata, generally translated as "emptiness," is the central concept of the Madhyamika school of Buddhism, which in turn is based on the indian philosopher Nagaruna's teachings. Cleary, Thomas [translator] - The Flower Ornament Scripture, A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (1993) (Scan, OCR).pdf. 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. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra. To date, the entire sutra has not been published online in English. Indeed, these considerations of the complexity and richness of deep time enhance the meaning and possibilities of our lives. The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture. 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'. 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. And time itself is illusive, ever fleeting. The Flower Ornament Scripture– A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra. In the fourth century c.e., a new set of sutras were written, most significantly, the Flower ornament Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra), the Descent into Lanka Sutra (Lankavatara Sutra), and the Resolution of Enigmas Sutra (Sandhinirmocana Sutra). The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thomas Cleary, 1993. The Avataṃsaka Sūtra describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms, mutually Fragmentary translation probably began in the 2nd century CE, and the famous Ten Stages Sutra, often treated as an individual scripture, was first translated in the 3rd century.