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Entry Into the Inconceivable : An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism / Thomas Cleary.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824846992
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BQ8218.3 C55 1983eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Hua-yen Scripture -- Hua-yen Studies in China -- Emptiness and Relativity -- The Three Natures -- The Four Realms of Reality -- TRANSLATIONS -- Cessation and Contemplation in the Five Teachings of the Hua-yen -- Mirror of the Mysteries of the Universe of the Hua-yen -- Ten Mysterious Gates of the Unitary Vehicle of the Hua-yen -- Cultivation of Contemplation of the Inner Meaning of the Hua-yen: The Ending of Delusion and Return to the Source -- Appendix: Highlights of the Hua-yen Scripture -- Notes
Summary: Entry Into the Inconceivable is an introduction to the philosophy of the Hua-yen school of Buddhism, one of the cornerstones of East Asian Buddhist thought. Cleary presents a survey of the unique Buddhist scripture on which the Hua-yen teaching is based and a brief history of its introduction into China. He also presents a succinct analysis of the essential metaphysics of Hua-yen Buddhism as it developed during China's golden age and full translations of four basic texts by seminal thinkers of the school.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Hua-yen Scripture -- Hua-yen Studies in China -- Emptiness and Relativity -- The Three Natures -- The Four Realms of Reality -- TRANSLATIONS -- Cessation and Contemplation in the Five Teachings of the Hua-yen -- Mirror of the Mysteries of the Universe of the Hua-yen -- Ten Mysterious Gates of the Unitary Vehicle of the Hua-yen -- Cultivation of Contemplation of the Inner Meaning of the Hua-yen: The Ending of Delusion and Return to the Source -- Appendix: Highlights of the Hua-yen Scripture -- Notes

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Entry Into the Inconceivable is an introduction to the philosophy of the Hua-yen school of Buddhism, one of the cornerstones of East Asian Buddhist thought. Cleary presents a survey of the unique Buddhist scripture on which the Hua-yen teaching is based and a brief history of its introduction into China. He also presents a succinct analysis of the essential metaphysics of Hua-yen Buddhism as it developed during China's golden age and full translations of four basic texts by seminal thinkers of the school.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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