The Buddhist Teaching of Totality

The Philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism

By: Garma C.C. Chang

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The Hwa Yen school of Mahāyāna Buddhism bloomed in China in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. Today many scholars regard its doctrines of Emptiness, Totality, and Mind-Only as the crown of Buddhist thought and as a useful and unique philosophical system and explanation of man, world, and life as intuitively experienced in Zen practice.

For the first time in any Western language Garma Chang explains and exemplifies these doctrines with references to both oriental masters and Western philosophers. The Buddha's mystical experience of infinity and totality provides the framework for this objective revelation of the three pervasive and interlocking concepts upon which any study of Mahāyāna philosophy must depend.

Following an introductory section describing the essential differences between Judeo-Christian and Buddhist philosophy, Professor Chang provides an extensive, expertly developed section on the philosophical foundations of Hwa Yen Buddhism dealing with the core concept of True Voidness, the philosophy of Totality, and the doctrine of Mind-Only. A concluding section includes selections of Hwa Yen readings and biographies of the patriarchs, as well as a glossary and list of Chinese terms.

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"[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value."

--Main Currents in Modern Thought

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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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