Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra), Zhenyuan Version, Volume 20

The Avatamsaka Sutra, often abbreviated as the "Flower Garland Sutra" (Hwaeomgyeong), takes as its central teaching that the Buddha and sentient beings are not two but one. As the fundamental scripture of the Hwaeom school, it profoundly shaped the formation of Korean Buddhist thought together with the Lotus Sutra. This volume corresponds to Volume 20 of the 40-volume Avatamsaka Sutra translated by the Tang-dynasty monk Prajna (Sanzang). It was carved onto woodblocks and printed on mulberry paper in an accordion-fold format that opens out like a folding screen; folded, it measures 31 cm in height and 12 cm in width. On the dark blue-green cover the title is written in gold within a double-lined rectangular border, and beneath the title is the character "貞" (jeong), marking it as a Zhenyuan-recension text. It is an edition from Haeinsa Temple, apparently recarved from woodblocks originally made during the reign of King Sukjong of Goryeo (r. 1096–1105); the actual printing is thought to date from around the 13th to 14th century.

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