Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)

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Buddhist scripture Mahayana Buddhist sutra canonical text in East Asian Buddhism

The Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) is a monumental Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its vast, visionary depiction of the cosmos and the interpenetration of all phenomena, especially influential in East Asian Buddhism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) canonical 1
Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 1
Flower Adornment Sutra 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist sutra ⓘ
canonical text in East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
associatedBuddha Mahavairocana ⓘ
surface form: Vairocana Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
associatedSchool Huayan / Kegon ⓘ
surface form: Huayan school

Korean Hwaeom school ⓘ
surface form: Hwaeom school

Kegon school ⓘ
associatedTradition Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
centralDoctrine Buddha’s omniscient wisdom ⓘ
Mahavairocana ⓘ
surface form: cosmic Buddhahood of Vairocana

interpenetration of all phenomena ⓘ
mutual containment of all dharmas ⓘ
non-obstruction between phenomena and phenomena ⓘ
non-obstruction between principle and phenomena ⓘ
containsSection Chapter on the Manifestation of the Tathāgata ⓘ
Avatamsaka Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Gaṇḍavyūha Sutra

Samantabhadra’s Practices and Vows ⓘ
Ten Stages chapter (Daśabhūmika) ⓘ
featuresBodhisattva Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
Manjushri ⓘ
surface form: Mañjuśrī

Samantabhadra ⓘ
featuresCharacter Sudhana ⓘ
geographicInfluence China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
hasAlternativeName Da Fangguang Fo Huayan Jing ⓘ
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
surface form: Flower Adornment Sutra

Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
surface form: Flower Ornament Sutra

Huayan jing ⓘ
surface form: Huayan Jing

Hwaeomgyeong ⓘ
Kegon school ⓘ
surface form: Kegonkyō
hasLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
English (translation) ⓘ
Japanese (translation) ⓘ
Korean (translation) ⓘ
Sanskrit (partially preserved) ⓘ
Tibetan (translation) ⓘ
historicalPeriod compiled between 1st and 4th centuries CE (approximate) ⓘ
influenced Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Pure Land thought in East Asia ⓘ
Tiantai school ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
keyTheme bodhisattva path and stages ⓘ
cosmic vision of the Buddha’s realm ⓘ
infinite worlds in a single atom ⓘ
ornamentation of the Buddha’s wisdom ⓘ
universal interdependence ⓘ
majorChineseTranslator Buddhabhadra ⓘ
Bodhi ⓘ
surface form: Prajñā

Śikṣānanda ⓘ
regardedAs one of the longest Mahayana sutras ⓘ
scriptural foundation of the Huayan school ⓘ
visionary depiction of the Buddhist cosmos ⓘ
scripturalCollection part of the Chinese Buddhist canon ⓘ
part of the Tibetan Kangyur (in translated form) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahayana sutras → includesText → Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
Mahayana → scriptures → Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra)
Huayan / Kegon → hasCentralScripture → Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
subject surface form: Huayan
this entity surface form: Flower Garland Sutra
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) → hasAlternativeName → Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
subject surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra
this entity surface form: Flower Ornament Sutra
Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) → hasAlternativeName → Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
subject surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra
this entity surface form: Flower Adornment Sutra