{"id":7516777513157,"title":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 25 (a set of four books)","handle":"flower-adornment-avatamsaka-sutra-chapter-25-part-1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChapter 25 of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFlower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis “The Ten Dedications,” a set of four books. Venerable Master Hsuan Hua’s detailed commentary on each of the ten dedications span across the first three books of the set, with the fourth book containing the sutra text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ten dedications are made to living beings, the attainment of bodhi, and the realization of ultimate reality. In cultivating, we should understand that the ultimate Dharma sweeps away all phenomena and transcends all characteristics. When bodhi is perfected, we return to where there is nothing to attain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Ten Dedications: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe first dedication is to dedicate oneself to others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe second dedication is to dedicate the few to the many.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe third dedication is to dedicate the practices that lead to one’s own awakening to the practices that lead to the awakening of others.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe fourth dedication is to dedicate the cause to the result.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe fifth dedication is to dedicate the Lesser to the Great.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe sixth dedication is to dedicate the resemblance to the realization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe seventh dedication is to dedicate phenomena to noumena.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe eighth dedication is to dedicate distinct practices to the all-encompassing practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ninth dedication is to dedicate the worldly to the world-transcending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe tenth dedication is to dedicate all practices that accord with phenomena to the perfect embodiment of noumena.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2023-10-23T20:04:58-07:00","created_at":"2023-10-22T19:54:15-07:00","vendor":"Buddhist Text Translation Society","type":"Hardcover","tags":[],"price":3395,"price_min":3395,"price_max":3395,"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":42445465452741,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 25 (a set of four books)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3395,"weight":3878,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/1-5.jpg?v=1698030402"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/1-5.jpg?v=1698030402","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25768144994501,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":1210,"width":791,"src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/1-5.jpg?v=1698030402"},"aspect_ratio":0.654,"height":1210,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/files\/1-5.jpg?v=1698030402","width":791}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChapter 25 of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFlower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis “The Ten Dedications,” a set of four books. Venerable Master Hsuan Hua’s detailed commentary on each of the ten dedications span across the first three books of the set, with the fourth book containing the sutra text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ten dedications are made to living beings, the attainment of bodhi, and the realization of ultimate reality. In cultivating, we should understand that the ultimate Dharma sweeps away all phenomena and transcends all characteristics. When bodhi is perfected, we return to where there is nothing to attain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Ten Dedications: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe first dedication is to dedicate oneself to others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe second dedication is to dedicate the few to the many.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe third dedication is to dedicate the practices that lead to one’s own awakening to the practices that lead to the awakening of others.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe fourth dedication is to dedicate the cause to the result.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe fifth dedication is to dedicate the Lesser to the Great.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe sixth dedication is to dedicate the resemblance to the realization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe seventh dedication is to dedicate phenomena to noumena.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe eighth dedication is to dedicate distinct practices to the all-encompassing practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ninth dedication is to dedicate the worldly to the world-transcending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe tenth dedication is to dedicate all practices that accord with phenomena to the perfect embodiment of noumena.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e"}