232 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Paperback
Release Date:01 Jan 1995
ISBN:9780824816971
Hardcover
Release Date:01 Jun 1983
ISBN:9780824808242
Entry Into the Inconceivable
An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism
University of Hawaii Press
Entry Into the Inconceivable is an introduction to the philosophy of the Hua-yen school of Buddhism, one of the cornerstones of East Asian Buddhist thought. Cleary presents a survey of the unique Buddhist scripture on which the Hua-yen teaching is based and a brief history of its introduction into China. He also presents a succinct analysis of the essential metaphysics of Hua-yen Buddhism as it developed during China’s golden age and full translations of four basic texts by seminal thinkers of the school.