The Buddhist Teaching of Totality

by Chang, Garma C. C.

• ISBN13: 9780271011790
• ISBN10: 0271011793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1971-06-01
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced. -Journal of the American Oriental Society

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Prologue	p. xiii
Notes for the Prologue	p. xxv
The Realm of Totality	p. 2
The Infinity of Buddha's Realm	p. 3
A Dialogue Concerning Totality	p. 14
Non-Obstruction--The Pivot of Totality	p. 18
Fa Tsang's Hall of Mirrors	p. 22
The Causes of Totality	p. 25
The Ten Stages of the Bodhisattva's Enlightenment	p. 28
The Inconceivable Dharmas of the Buddhas	p. 48
Samadhi, Miracle, and Dharmadhatu	p. 51
Notes for Part One	p. 53
The Philosophical Foundations of Hwa Yen Buddhism	p. 58
Introduction to Part Two	p. 59
The Philosophy of Emptiness	p. 60
Sunyata--the Core of Buddhism	p. 60
The Gist of the Heart Sutra	p. 64
The Prologue	p. 66
Illustration of the True Voidness	p. 67
The Rationale of "Form Is Emptiness"	p. 69
The No-Self Doctrine and Svabhava Sunyata	p. 75
The Svabhava Way of Man's Thinking	p. 84
The Doctrine of the Absolute Emptiness	p. 88
Absolute Sunyata and the Doctrine of Being	p. 89
Absolute Sunyata and Absolute Transcendence	p. 95
Absolute Emptiness in the Heart Sutra	p. 97
The Ten Similes of Emptiness	p. 100
Sunyata and Logic	p. 102
The Two Truths System	p. 107
The Two Truths on Three Levels	p. 108
The Non-Abiding Nature of Sunyata	p. 110
Further Discussions of True Emptiness	p. 112
The Significance of Sunyata	p. 115
Notes for Part Two, Section One	p. 118
The Philosophy of Totality	p. 121
Mutual Penetration and Mutual Identity--the Two Basic Principles of Hwa Yen Philosophy	p. 121
The Metaphor of the Ocean-Mirror Samadhi	p. 124
The Obstructions of Disclosure and Concealment	p. 126
The "Round View" and the "Round Doctrine"	p. 128
The "Round View" and Logical Consistency	p. 132
A Discussion of Mutual Identity	p. 136
The Philosophy of the Four Dharmadhatus	p. 141
The Dharmadhatu of Shih (Events)	p. 142
The Dharmadhatu of Li (Principle)	p. 142
The Dharmadhatu of Non-Obstruction of Li Against Shih (Li-shih Wu-ai)	p. 143
The Dharmadhatu of Non-Obstruction of Shih Against Shih (Shih-shih Wu-ai)	p. 153
An Elaboration of the Ten Mysteries	p. 155
The Harmonious Merging of the Six Forms
Notes for Part Two, Section Two	p. 170
The Doctrine of Mind-Only	p. 172
The Mind and the External World	p. 172
The Alaya Consciousness and Totality	p. 182
Notes for Part Two, Section Three	p. 184
A Selection of Hwa Yen Readings and the Biographies of the Patriarchs	p. 186
The Great Vows of Samantabhadra [from the Hwa Yen Sutra]	p. 187
A Commentary on the Heart Sutra	p. 197
The Buddhist Teaching of Totality	p. vii
On the Meditation of Dharmadhatu	p. 207
On the Golden Lion	p. 224
The Biographies of the Patriarchs	p. 231
Notes for Part Three	p. 240
Epilogue	p. 242
List of Chinese Terms	p. 243
Glossary	p. 250
Index	p. 265
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