Avatamsaka sutra talks in English
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concerned_man post this link, but i can't find it. i listen to it....it's excellent for english listeners.
http://www.dharmaradio.org/
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Dharma Master Heng Sure was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1976. For the sake of world peace, he undertook an over six hundred mile pilgrimage from South Pasadena to Ukiah, repeatedly taking three steps and one bow to cover the entire journey. In the entire two years taken to make the pilgrimage, he observed a practice of total silence. Rev. Heng Sure has an M.A. in Oriental Languages from UC Berkeley, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He serves as the Managing Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and teaches on the staff at the Institute for World Religions. He is actively involved in interfaith dialogue and in the ongoing conversation between spirituality and technology.
btw, did He learned from Ajahn Chah? but He also learned from Master Hsuan Hua?
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What is Avatamsaka sutra about?
Care to explain ? What is the name of the Avatamsaka sutra in chinese? -
Da Fang Guang Fo Hua Yen Jing, (The Flower Garland Sutra).Originally posted by marcteng:What is Avatamsaka sutra about?
Care to explain ? What is the name of the Avatamsaka sutra in chinese?
it's olden day's Quantum physic! All in one and one in all.
The phrase was "Mount Sumeru hides mustard seed; mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru."
it's also about Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Pure conduct of becoming a Buddha.
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/avatamsaka_sutra.htm
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hmm... I think someone else posted the link. I may also also posted it and forgot about it, but I don't remember coming to the website.
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oops...really, i think i mixed up with another person "Namo Amitabha" in esangha.Originally posted by concerned_man:hmm... I think someone else posted the link. I may also also posted it and forgot about it, but I don't remember coming to the website.
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=25831&st=0&p=363396&
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
like where u read/heard, "enlightenment is when the wave realised that it's part of ocean."
The phrase was "Mount Sumeru hides mustard seed; mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru."
wave is make of h2o as of ocean.
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Avatamsaka is the sutra which is spoken PRIOR to 4 Noble Truths, but I know Theravadins did not recognise this. It is the first discourse the Buddha gave.Originally posted by marcteng:What is Avatamsaka sutra about?
Care to explain ? What is the name of the Avatamsaka sutra in chinese?
Putting this aside, this sutra was the one which was spoken to the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, because ordinary people cannot fully comprehend its essence. -
Another viewpoint which is based on Fo Guang Shan TeachingOriginally posted by sinweiy:Da Fang Guang Fo Hua Yen Jing, (The Flower Garland Sutra).
it's olden day's Quantum physic! All in one and one in all.
The phrase was "Mount Sumeru hides mustard seed; mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru."
it's also about Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's Pure conduct of becoming a Buddha.
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/avatamsaka_sutra.htm
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Flower Adornment Sutra (Hua yen Jing)
for Mahayana Buddhist to realise the Enormousity of the Splendour of the Lotus Store Buddha Field
It is the first teaching of the Buddha which is classified the Vaipulya (Fang Guang) Period ,the Whole picture of the Dharmadhatu
It mentioned about Bodhisattva Samantabhadra accomplishing the path of Buddha by His 10 vows
the 53 Dharma teacher of Shan Cai (Sudhana) and what He learnt from them
To better understand Flower Adornment Sutra , it is better to read up about the ideas of Huayen Teaching ,
if not one might be lost in this "Wealth of Buddha Sakyamuni "
Another Master famous in teaching Huayen teaching is Haiyun monk of Huayen society
http://www.huayenworld.org