From: lyeh@alleg.edu (Hun Lye)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern
Subject: Re: Buddhist Texts
Date: 5 Nov 1992 14:11:49 -0800
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In article <1d97q0INNcu6@sandman.caltech.edu> tilley@kodak.com (Dave  
Tilley) writes:
> 
> I am interested in Buddhist texts in general. I am especially interested
> in texts pertaining to the Hua Yen (Hwa Yen) school. One text in  
particular
> is
> 	The Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Ornament Scripture).
> 
> So far the only version I have found is by Cleary. I seem to have found
> a hard cover version for volume one. And I have found a paperback  
version
> for the "final book" in the sutra (Gandarva). WHat I can't figure out  
is,
> Is there anything inbetween these two. Is there another volume?
> 
> If anybody can shed light on this or knows where I can get a complete
> translation (by Cleary or anybody else) I would appreciate it very much.
> 
> 
> 
> I am also interested in any other texts on Hua Yen. Commentaries by  
Fa-Tsang,
> or other masters.
> 
> 
> Electronic form is fine too.
> 
> Dave Tilley
> tilley@kodak.com
> 
Try to following books:


_Studies in Ch'an and Hua-yen_, ed.  R.M. Gimello and P.N. Gregory  
(Honululu:  Uni. of Hawaii Press, 1983).

Thomas Cleary, _Entry into the Inconceivable:  An Introduction to Hua-yen  
Buddhism_ (Honululu:  Uni of Hawaii Press, 1983).

R.M. Gimello, _Chih Yen and  the Foundations of Hua-yen Buddhism_ (New  
York:  Columbia University PhD dissertation, 1986).

Peter N. Gregory, _Tsung-Mi and the Sinification of Buddhism_, (Princeton:   
Princeton Uni Press, 1991).

One of the Cleary brothers did indeed translated the whole of the Hua-yen  
sutra.  I think it is in three volumes.  The Phd dissertation by Gimello  
gives a summary of the Hua-yen sutra.  There are a few other books on  
Hua-yen Buddhism and if anyone's interested, e-mail me.  Hua-yen Buddhism  
survives today in the form of practice schools like Ch'an - especially in  
Korea.  Korea Ch'an (Son) has a very intimate relationship with Hua-yen  
(Hwaom).  If you are interested in this (Ch'an and Hua-yen synthesis) try  
books by Robert Buswell - one is a translation of the works of Chinul (a  
Korean Ch'an patriarch) titled "Korean Buddhism" (?).  
If you are interested in Hua-yen Buddhism as understood by traditional  
Chinese masters, try the books published by Buddhist Texts Translation  
Society.  It is an organisation based in California and is a branch of the  
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, CA (a traditional setting Chinese  
monastery following rules of behavior as ancient as the T'ang dynasty -  
7th century!).  They have translated a considreable amount of Hua-yen  
texts but these include the commentaries given by the venerable master at  
City of 10,000 Buddhas (Tripitaka Ch'an Master Hsuan Hua).  Although they  
are not of "scholarly" by contemporary Western academic standards, they  
are very close to the traditional style.  Be prepared for the literalness  
of the commentaries!



Hun Lye
Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA  16335.
e-mail:  lyeh@alleg.edu


Thus coming,
Thus going,
Thus, thus unmoving.   - a Chinese Ch'an master.