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The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary
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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'. 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. One of the more valuable sutras ever to come into print is The Flower Ornament Scripture by Thomas Cleary. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thomas Cleary, 1993. 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. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Boston and London: Shambala Press, 1993). The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas F. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture. To date, the entire sutra has not been published online in English. Roger Pulvers, Homage to the Life and Poetry of Miyazawa Kenji.