avatamsaka_'hua_yen_or_flower_ornament'_sutra Thus have I read / heard. What's_the_'Point'? An entire Universe of 'transcendental vision' is contained within its more than 1600 pages - and One can barely claim to understand but a few aspects of it... 040830 ... kx21 ILINK- A commentary on The Flower Garland ("Ornament") Sutra http://www.buddhistinformation.com/precious_garland.htm 040830 ... . "The Palace Chamber in which the Buddha was situated was spacious and beautifully adorned. It extended throughout the ten_directions." ... "He expounded all truths, like spreading great clouds. Each of his hair tips was able to contain all worlds without interference, in each manifesting immeasurable spiritual powers, teaching and civilizing all sentient beings. His body extended throughout the ten directions, yet without coming or going. His knowledge entered into all forms and realized the emptiness of things. All the miraculous displays of the Buddhas of past, present, and future, were all seen in his light, and all the adornments of inconceivable eons were revealed." 040830 ... kx21 iLink:- Tathagata_Store 040830 what's it to you? who go blather from