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Avatamsaka Sutra (Skt. Avataṃsakasūtra; Tib. ཕལ་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. mdo phal po che) — one of the most important (and largest) of all Mahayana sutras. It includes the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis and the Gandavyuha Sutra, which in turn includes Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions. The Tibetan version was translated in the 9th century by Surendra and Vairocana Rakṣita.

The Flower Ornament Scripture, translated (from Chinese) by Thomas Cleary (Boston & London: Shambhala, 1987, 1993)

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-'''Avatamsaka Sutra''' (Skt. ''Avataṃsaka''; Tib. [[ཕལ་པོ་ཆེ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''mdo phal po che'') — one of the most important (and largest) of all [[Mahayana]] [[sutra]]s. It includes the ''[[Sutra of the Ten Bhumis]]'' and the ''[[Gandavyuha Sutra]]'', which in turn includes ''[[Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions]]''.
+'''Avatamsaka Sutra''' (Skt. ''Avataṃsakasūtra''; Tib. [[ཕལ་པོ་ཆེ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''mdo phal po che'') — one of the most important (and largest) of all [[Mahayana]] [[sutra]]s. It includes the ''[[Sutra of the Ten Bhumis]]'' and the ''[[Gandavyuha Sutra]]'', which in turn includes ''[[Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions]]''. The Tibetan version was translated in the 9th century by Surendra and Vairocana Rakṣita.
 ==Translations==
-*''The Flower Ornament Scripture'', translated by Thomas Cleary, Shambhala, 1993
+*''The Flower Ornament Scripture'', translated (from Chinese) by Thomas Cleary (Boston & London: Shambhala, 1987, 1993)
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