Ninth is dedication without bondage or attachment. Practitioners of this dedication honor and respect emancipation from compulsive routines, embodiment of all virtues, repentance of past acts, moral support of virtues, and expressions of respect for the enlightened. (p. 1558)
Excerpted from "Commentary on Book 39 by Li Tongxuan: Translator's Introduction" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
by Thomas Cleary
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