Translating Totality in Parts: Chengguans Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamska Sutra [Hardcover]

Translating Totality in Parts offers an annotated translation of two of preeminent Chinese Tang dynasty monk Chengguans most revered masterpieces. With this book, Chengguans Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra and The Meanings Proclaimed in the Subcommentaries Accompanying the Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra are finally brought to contemporary Western audiences. Translating Totality in Parts allows Western readers to experience Chengguans important contributions to the religious and philosophical theory of the Huayan and Buddhism in China.Guo Cheen is a Mahayana Buddhist nun who founded The Compassion Network in Seattle, Washington. She is also a co-editor of Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership:Where Grace Meets Power.In this study . . . Guo Cheen has made a substantial contribution to contemporary Buddhist Studies. Chengguan's commentaries on the Avatamsaka/Huayan Sutra were among the most important endeavors in Chinese Buddhist philosophy. Having them now available in English translation extends our realization that the philosophy of interrelatedness is one of the greatest gifts from the Buddhist tradition to our moment in time. Dale S. Wright, Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies/Asian Studies, Occidental College

Introduction
Background
Chengguans Doctrinal Contributions
An Analysis of the Translation
The Annotated Translation
Appendix A: Fascicle Nine of A Compilation of the Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avata?saka Sutra
Appendix B: Outline to the Commentaries to the Avata?saka Sutra
Appendix C: Chengguans Commentaries to the Avata?saka Sutra, Fascicle One
Bibliography
Index