{"id":4519422623805,"title":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 3 \u0026 4","handle":"flower-adornment-sutra-chapter-3-4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra or Flower Garland Sutra) is known as the King of Kings of all Buddhist scriptures because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha s realization and the 52 steps in the Bodhisattva's quest for awakening. With detailed explanations of every stage of the Bodhisattva Path, it is the ultimate handbook imparting valuable tools and methods of practice that no aspiring Bodhisattva can do without.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Universal Worthy Bodhisattva enters samadhi and receives verbal, mental, and physical blessings from the Buddhas. As he rises from samadhi, the Bodhisattvas gain benefit and auspicious portents manifest. Light streams from the pores of the Buddhas of the ten directions, and verses are spoken praising Universal Worthy Bodhisattva. The assembly speaks praises and requests the Dharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: After engaging in pervasive contemplation, Universal Worthy Bodhisattva acknowledges the assembly's questions and promises to speak. He then explains ten aspects of the seas of worlds, including how they originate, conditions for their existence, their appearances, their substances, their adornments, their purities, the manifestations of Buddhas in them, their durations, and their evolutionary stages, and the ways in which they are undifferentiated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Master Hsuan Hua's commentary: \"All of you should contemplate the variations in the seas of lands: their myriad adornments and environments, their distinct, beautiful forms in the ten directions. They may be round or square, triangular or octagonal, or shaped like lotuses or wheels of mani. Karma produces these distinct forms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e319 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-07-30T15:41:40-07:00","created_at":"2020-07-30T15:41:39-07:00","vendor":"Buddhist Text Translation Society","type":"","tags":[],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32013351059517,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"945","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 3 \u0026 4","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":739,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780881394702","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0322.jpg?v=1600745701"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0322.jpg?v=1600745701","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":8606862606397,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.696,"height":427,"width":297,"src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0322.jpg?v=1600745701"},"aspect_ratio":0.696,"height":427,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0322.jpg?v=1600745701","width":297}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra or Flower Garland Sutra) is known as the King of Kings of all Buddhist scriptures because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha s realization and the 52 steps in the Bodhisattva's quest for awakening. With detailed explanations of every stage of the Bodhisattva Path, it is the ultimate handbook imparting valuable tools and methods of practice that no aspiring Bodhisattva can do without.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Universal Worthy Bodhisattva enters samadhi and receives verbal, mental, and physical blessings from the Buddhas. As he rises from samadhi, the Bodhisattvas gain benefit and auspicious portents manifest. Light streams from the pores of the Buddhas of the ten directions, and verses are spoken praising Universal Worthy Bodhisattva. The assembly speaks praises and requests the Dharma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: After engaging in pervasive contemplation, Universal Worthy Bodhisattva acknowledges the assembly's questions and promises to speak. He then explains ten aspects of the seas of worlds, including how they originate, conditions for their existence, their appearances, their substances, their adornments, their purities, the manifestations of Buddhas in them, their durations, and their evolutionary stages, and the ways in which they are undifferentiated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Master Hsuan Hua's commentary: \"All of you should contemplate the variations in the seas of lands: their myriad adornments and environments, their distinct, beautiful forms in the ten directions. They may be round or square, triangular or octagonal, or shaped like lotuses or wheels of mani. Karma produces these distinct forms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e319 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}