Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty.
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Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty.
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The Huayan worldview is based primarily on the Avatamsaka Sutra .
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Several new Huayan-centred Buddhist organizations have been established since the latter half of the 20th century.
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In Mainland China, Huayan teachings began to be more widely re-propagated after the end of the Cultural Revolution.
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An important doctrine that the Huayan school drew from this sutra is the idea that all levels of reality are interrelated and interpenetrated, the idea that "inside everything is everything else".
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Huayan thought is mainly focused on explaining the nature of the Dharmadhatu, the world as it is ultimately, from the point of view of a fully awakened being.
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Key doctrine of Huayan is the mutual containment and interpenetration of all phenomena or "perfect interfusion" .
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Huayan patriarchs used various metaphors to express this, such as Indra's net, a hall of mirrors and the world text.
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Huayan makes extensive use of paradox in argument and literary imagery.
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Doctrines of the Huayan school ended up having profound impact on the philosophical attitudes of East Asian Buddhism.
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Guifeng Zongmi, the Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school, occupies a prominent position in the history of Chan.
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