The Buddhist Teaching of Totality (The Philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism) - Hardcover

Chang, Garma C.C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120808827 ISBN 13: 9788120808829

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971

Synopsis

The Hwa Yen School was established in T'ang period, roughly in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. by outstanding thinkers such as Tu Shun and Fa Tsang. The teaching of this School is based mainly upon the Gandavyuha or Avatamsaka Sutra and draws inspiration from it. Its messages are directed to those who apperiate the one inspiring experience. Inspired by revelation of the all-embracing Totality in this Sutra, the pioneer Hwa Yen thinkers developed what was at the time a novel approach to Buddhist thinking.

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About the Author

Renowned for his English translation of The 100,000 Songs of Milarepa, Garma Chen-Chi Chang was also the author of The Practice of Zen and The Teachings of Tibetan Yoga, and the editor and translator of A Treasury of Mahāyāna Sūtras. At the time of his death in 1988, Dr. Chang was Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.

Review

“That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch’an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced.”

—Journal of the American Oriental Society

“Chang’s style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended.”

—Choice

“[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value.”

—Main Currents in Modern Thought

“The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought.”

—Philosophy East and West

“This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological.”

—Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 8120808827
• ISBN 13: 9788120808829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270