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Avataṃsaka Sūtra

The Flower Garland Sūtra: a vast scripture of the interpenetration of all things, basis of the Huayan school.

Also: Avatamsaka, Flower Garland Sutra

Mahāyāna, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

The Avataṃsaka, or Flower Ornament, Sūtra presents a cosmos in which every world and every moment contains all others. Its final book tells of the pilgrim Sudhana visiting fifty-three teachers. It inspired the Huayan school of China and much East Asian art and thought.