{"id":4519449165885,"title":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 28 \u0026 29","handle":"flower-adornment-sutra-chapter-28-29","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) is known as the 'King of Kings' of all Buddhist sutras because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha's state of realization and the Bodhisattva's quest for awakening. It is said: “Unless you read the Avatamsaka Sutra, you will not know of the Buddha's true blessings and honor. The Avatamsaka Sutra is the Buddha's greatest store of treasures.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn forty chapters the sutra conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. It presents, in detailed description, the stages of Awakening that a Bodhisattva or 'Awakened Being’ must progress through on the path towards Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi – ‘Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sutra depicts the events that immediately unfolded upon the Buddha's Awakening under the Bodhi tree. It describes a cosmos that has infinite realms within realms, boundless and interpenetrating.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 28 describes the Ten Spiritual Powers that Bodhisattvas attain upon perfecting their meritorious virtues in the practice of the Bodhisattva Path. These powers enable Bodhisattvas to discern the potentials of living beings to teach and guide them to bring forth the aspiration for enlightenment.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 29 describes the Ten Patiences that Bodhisattvas must develop in their quest towards ultimate Awakening. If Bodhisattvas can perfect these ten kinds of patience, they will attain the positions of unobstructed patience of all Bodhisattvas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Chinese character for patience is a picture of a knife blade above the heart. In other words, being patient can be as painful as when one’s heart is pierced with a knife, and such pain is hard to bear. Nevertheless, one must bear what is impossible to bear. If Bodhisattvas can perfect these ten kinds of patience, they will attain the positions of unobstructed patience of all Bodhisattvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e350 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flower-Adornment-Sutra-Twenty-Eight-Twenty-Nine-ebook\/dp\/B00BL2XQ34\/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=Hsuan+Hua\u0026amp;qid=1602908558\u0026amp;s=digital-text\u0026amp;sr=1-5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuy Kindle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-07-30T16:57:00-07:00","created_at":"2020-07-30T16:56:59-07:00","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":32013409091645,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"548","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flower Adornment (Avatamsaka) Sutra - Chapter 28 \u0026 29","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":794,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"978-1601030108","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0323.jpg?v=1600746095"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0323.jpg?v=1600746095","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":8606865391677,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.697,"height":429,"width":299,"src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0323.jpg?v=1600746095"},"aspect_ratio":0.697,"height":429,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.buddhisttexts.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/SCN_0323.jpg?v=1600746095","width":299}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Adornment Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) is known as the 'King of Kings' of all Buddhist sutras because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha's state of realization and the Bodhisattva's quest for awakening. It is said: “Unless you read the Avatamsaka Sutra, you will not know of the Buddha's true blessings and honor. The Avatamsaka Sutra is the Buddha's greatest store of treasures.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn forty chapters the sutra conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. It presents, in detailed description, the stages of Awakening that a Bodhisattva or 'Awakened Being’ must progress through on the path towards Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi – ‘Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sutra depicts the events that immediately unfolded upon the Buddha's Awakening under the Bodhi tree. It describes a cosmos that has infinite realms within realms, boundless and interpenetrating.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 28 describes the Ten Spiritual Powers that Bodhisattvas attain upon perfecting their meritorious virtues in the practice of the Bodhisattva Path. These powers enable Bodhisattvas to discern the potentials of living beings to teach and guide them to bring forth the aspiration for enlightenment.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 29 describes the Ten Patiences that Bodhisattvas must develop in their quest towards ultimate Awakening. If Bodhisattvas can perfect these ten kinds of patience, they will attain the positions of unobstructed patience of all Bodhisattvas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Chinese character for patience is a picture of a knife blade above the heart. In other words, being patient can be as painful as when one’s heart is pierced with a knife, and such pain is hard to bear. Nevertheless, one must bear what is impossible to bear. If Bodhisattvas can perfect these ten kinds of patience, they will attain the positions of unobstructed patience of all Bodhisattvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e350 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flower-Adornment-Sutra-Twenty-Eight-Twenty-Nine-ebook\/dp\/B00BL2XQ34\/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=Hsuan+Hua\u0026amp;qid=1602908558\u0026amp;s=digital-text\u0026amp;sr=1-5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuy Kindle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}