Reviews
"This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological." - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, "Chang's style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended." -- Choice, "That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced." - Journal of the American Oriental Society, "That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced." -Journal of the American Oriental Society, "That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced." -- Journal of the American Oriental Society, "[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value." -Main Currents in Modern Thought, "The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought." -Philosophy East and West, "The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought." - Philosophy East and West, "The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought." --Philosophy East and West, "[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value." --Main Currents in Modern Thought, "[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value." -- Main Currents in Modern Thought, "Chang's style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended." -Choice, "The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought." -- Philosophy East and West, &"Chang&'s style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended.&" &-Choice, &"This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological.&" &-Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, "[This] is indeed a most welcome addition to the literature on the most comprehensive and most profound branch of Chinese Buddhism, the Hwa Yen School. . . . [It is] a work of real and present value." - Main Currents in Modern Thought, "This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological." --Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, &"That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch&'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced.&" &-Journal of the American Oriental Society, "Chang's style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended." --Choice, "That The Buddhist Teaching of Totality is a unique and long-needed contribution to Buddhological literature in English cannot be denied. Not only is it one of the very few introductions to a school of Chinese Buddhism other than Ch'an, it is one of the few attempts in any language to present systematically the essential features of the Flower (Hwa Yen) Garland School, perhaps the most philosophical sophisticated example of Buddhist syncretism ever to be produced." --Journal of the American Oriental Society, "This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological." -- Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, "This book is highly recommended to advanced students of Buddhism and to Westerners whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological." -Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, &"The Western student of Buddhism should be grateful for this first full-length treatment in English of an important and interesting school of Buddhist thought.&" &-Philosophy East and West, "Chang's style is easy and concise, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . This would be a useful book for any college or university library. Highly recommended." - Choice
