Brief Commentary on Resolving Doubts Regarding the Stages of Practice in the New Translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (略釋新華嚴經修行次第決疑論)

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Tang · by 李通玄撰

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Li Tongxuan was a renowned lay Buddhist and Huayan scholar of the Tang Dynasty. His work, *A Brief Commentary on the Stages of Practice and Resolution of Doubts Regarding the New Translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra*, serves as an authoritative exposition on the sequential stages of practice within the *Avataṃsaka Sūtra*. Composed during the flourishing period of Chinese Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, this treatise systematically elucidates the stages and practical methods of the Huayan path, resolving doubts encountered in cultivation. Its content encompasses the complete system of faith, understanding, practice, and realization, emphasizing the Huayan philosophy of perfect harmony and non-obstruction. This treatise holds a significant position in the historical development of the Huayan school and is regarded as an essential guide for studying and practicing the *Avataṃsaka Sūtra*, exerting a profound influence on later Buddhist theories of cultivation.