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The Flower Adornment Sutra (or Avatamsaka Sutra or Flower Garland Sutra) is known as the King of Kings of all Buddhist scriptures because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha s realization and the 52 steps in the Bodhisattva s quest for awakening. With detailed explanations of every stage of the Bodhisattva Path, it is the ultimate han... More

The Flower Adornment Sutra (or Avatamsaka Sutra or Flower Garland Sutra) is known as the King of Kings of all Buddhist scriptures because of its profundity and great length. This sutra contains the most complete explanation of the Buddha s realization and the 52 steps in the Bodhisattva s quest for awakening. With detailed explanations of every stage of the Bodhisattva Path, it is the ultimate handbook imparting valuable tools and methods of practice that no aspiring Bodhisattva can do without.

The complete text has over 700,000 Chinese characters and is divided into 39 chapters. When completed, the entire English sutra text with commentary will comprise 75-100 volumes. For a summary of the complete text, see Introducing the Avatamsaka Sutra by Soo Hoong Liung, available online.

This is the forth volume in the series. It contains Part 4 and 5 of Chapter 1 and continues with alternating prose and verse sections describing the realizations of the remaining fifteen kinds of spirits as well as their praises of the Buddha. Part Five continues with alternating prose and verse sections describing the realizations of Universal Worthy Bodhisattva and twenty other Bodhisattvas. It then tells how multitudes of Bodhisattvas issue forth from the lion throne, make offerings, and speak verses in praise of the Buddha. The chapter concludes with a display of auspicious portents and reveals that this situation is universal and infinite.

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