Translating Totality in Parts: Chengguan's Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra Contributor(s): Cheen, Guo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761863095 ISBN-13: 9780761863090 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $85.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Buddhist - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Buddhism - History |
Dewey: 294.382 |
LCCN: 2013955852 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 162 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
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Publisher Description: 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. |