{"product_id":"the-flower-ornament-scripture-isbn-9780877739401","title":"The Flower Ornament Scripture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterful translation of one of the most influential Buddhist sutras—the \u003ci\u003eAvatamsaka Sutra—\u003c\/i\u003eby one of the greatest translators of Buddhist texts of our time\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Known in Chinese as \u003ci\u003eHua-yen\u003c\/i\u003e and in Japanese as \u003ci\u003eKegon-kyo\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAvatamsaka Sutra,\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eFlower Ornament Scripture,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGandavyuha\u003c\/i\u003e, “Entry into the Realm of Reality.”\"There is no doubt in my mind that Thomas Cleary is the greatest translator of Buddhist texts from Chinese or Japanese into English of our generation, and that he will be so known by grateful Buddhist practitioners and scholars in future centuries. Single-handedly he has gone a long way toward building the beginnings of a Buddhist canon in English. . . . His translation of the  \u003ci\u003eFlower Ornament Sutra  \u003c\/i\u003efrom Shikshananda's Chinese translation of the Sanskrit is one of the monuments in Buddhist Studies of our time.\"—Robert A. F. Thurman,  \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As to the Avatamsaka-Sutra, it is really the consummation of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment, and Buddhist experience. To my mind, no religious literature in the world can ever approach the grandeur of conception, the depth of feeling, and the gigantic scale of composition, as attained by the sutra. Here not only deeply speculative minds find satisfaction, but humble spirits and heavily oppressed hearts, too, will have their burdens lightened. Abstract truths are so concretely, so symbolically represented here that one will finally come to a realization of the truth that even in a particle of dust the whole universe is seen reflected—not this visible universe only, but a vast system of universes, conceivable by the highest minds only.\"—D. T. Suzuki\u003cb\u003eThomas Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic. A resident of Oakland, California, he passed away in June 2021.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302001496293,"sku":"NP9780877739401","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780877739401.jpg?v=1767739380","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-flower-ornament-scripture-isbn-9780877739401","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}