The Short Explanation of the Lotus Sutra (Works Series by Nan Huaijin)

Author: Nan Huaijin
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The Circle of Awakening Sutra (Huayan Jing) is an important classic studied by the Yanzong sect during the Tang Dynasty. Its full title is The Great Vehicle Sutra of Perfect Awakening Through the Practice of the Dharma. It is a single volume translated by Buddha Tathagata from the Tang Dynasty. The scripture presents the Buddha teaching the twelve Bodhisattvas—Manjushri and others—according to their requests, explaining the theory of "reliance on the perfect illumination of pure awareness to forever sever ignorance," as well as the practices of "cultivating the Dharma," "cultivating contemplation," and "cultivating meditation." The fifth patriarch of the Huayan sect, Zong Mi, of the Tang Dynasty, said he "encountered the Zen school and encountered the Circle of Awakening Sutra in teaching," meaning he attained enlightenment in the Dharma through reading the Circle of Awakening Sutra. Afterward, he wrote works such as The Great Commentary on the Circle of Awakening Sutra, The Great Commentary and Notes on the Circle of Awakening Sutra, and The Ritual for Cultivation and Enlightenment in the Circle of Awakening Sutra, to promote the Circle of Awakening Sutra, which thus became renowned in the Buddhist world. This book is a lecture record by the renowned Taiwanese scholar Nan Huaijin on the Circle of Awakening Sutra. It was originally serialized in Buddhist magazines and later compiled into a book. With his profound mastery of the subject, the author provides line-by-line and paragraph-by-paragraph explanations of the original text of the Circle of Awakening Sutra, transforming its obscurity into clarity and deepening its accessibility. Authorized by the author and the original publishing house, the Taiwan Ancient Culture Publishing Company, this revised edition is published for research purposes.