Library Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Traditional attribution
Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)
Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (華嚴經)
A vast scripture in which the newly awakened Buddha manifests himself in all worlds at once, and whose last book, the Gandavyuha, tells of the young Sudhana's pilgrimage through fifty-three teachers. Its vision of the interpenetration of all phenomena founded the Huayan school and nourished Chan and Zen.
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Authorship note
A Mahayana sutra that places its teachings in the Buddha's mouth; scholarship regards it as a composition much later than his lifetime. It is a compilation of independent texts preserved complete mainly in Chinese (translations by Buddhabhadra, 420, and Siksananda, 699).
Editions and translations
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English
The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Shambhala, 1993
Translation: Thomas Cleary
ISBN 9780877739401
Other works by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- Tipitaka, the Pali Canon ("Three Baskets") · 25
- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections · 150
- The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika) · 100
- The Diamond Sutra · 300
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
Sources
- Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. Routledge, Londres, 1989 (2.ª ed. 2009).
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