Translating Totality in Parts: Chengguan’s Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra

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Guo Cheen

Translating Totality in Parts

Chengguan’s Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra

Guo Cheen

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English

University Press of America
25 March 2014

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Buddhist worship, rites & ceremonies; Buddhist sacred texts

Translating Totality in Parts offers an annotated translation of two of preeminent Chinese Tang dynasty monk Chengguan’s most revered masterpieces. With this book, Chengguan’s Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra and The Meanings Proclaimed in the Subcommentaries Accompanying the Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra are finally brought to contemporary Western audiences. Translating Totality in Parts allows Western readers to experience Chengguan’s important contributions to the religious and philosophical theory of the Huayan and Buddhism in China.

By: Guo Cheen
Imprint: University Press of America
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780761863090
ISBN 10: 0761863095
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 25 March 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guo Cheen is a Mahayana Buddhist nun who founded The Compassion Network in Seattle, Washington. She is also a co-editor of Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership:Where Grace Meets Power.

Reviews for Translating Totality in Parts: Chengguan’s Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra

In this study ... Guo Cheen has made a substantial contribution to contemporary Buddhist Studies. Chengguan's commentaries on the Avatamsaka/Huayan Sutra were among the most important endeavors in Chinese Buddhist philosophy. Having them now available in English translation extends our realization that the philosophy of 'interrelatedness' is one of the greatest gifts from the Buddhist tradition to our moment in time. -- Dale S. Wright, Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies/Asian Studies, Occidental College