The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary GLOSSARY Absolute state : Nirvana. Action : As "karma" refers to doings that are conditioned by past habits and also condition future habits and states of development. present habits ? Adornment : All manifestations, all phenomena, may be referred to as "adornments." The features of the world may be called adornments of space. Also, qualities are adornments of essence; specifically, virtue and knowledge are adornments of persons; beauty and harmony arc adornments of worlds. Anointed : Means "crowned, " based on the ancient Indian coronation ceremony of anointing the crown prince with the waters of the surrounding oceans; in this scripture it means anointment with the "elixir" of true knowledge. This is the highest of the ten abodes of enlightening beings (see Book 1 5), in which the knowledge of all aspects of en...
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