Translating Totality in Parts offers an annotated translation of two of preeminent Chinese Tang dynasty monk Chengguan's most revered masterpieces. With this book, Chengguan's 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 Chengguan's important contributions to the religious and philosophical theory of the Huayan and Buddhism in China.
Introduction Background Chengguan's Doctrinal Contributions An Analysis of the Translation The Annotated Translation Appendix A: Fascicle Nine of A Compilation of the Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra Appendix B: Outline to the Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra Appendix C: Chengguan's Commentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra, Fascicle One Bibliography Index