Monographs & Anthologies
Garma C.C. Chang, The Buddhist Teaching of Totality: The Philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971) [Internet Archive]
Francis H. Cook, Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977) [Internet Archive]
Steve Odin, Process Metaphysics and Hua-yen Buddhism: A Critical Study of Cumulative Penetration vs Interpenetration (State University of New York Press, 1982) [Internet Archive]
Antonino Forte, A Jewel in Indra’s Net: The Letter Sent by Fazang in China to Uisang in Korea (Italian School of East Asian Studies, 2000)
Jinhua Chen, Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643–712) (Brill, 2007) [Internet Archive]
Imre Hamar (ed.), Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism (Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007) [Internet Archive]
Jin Y. Park, Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern Ethics (Lexington Books, 2008) [Internet Archive]
Robert Gimello, Frédéric Girard, and Imre Hamar (eds.), Avataṃsaka Buddhism in East Asia: Huayan, Kegon, Flower Ornament Buddhism. Origins and Adaptation of a Visual Culture (Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012) [Academia.edu]
Erik J. Hammerstrom, The Huayan University Network: The Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China (Columbia University Press, 2020)
Tony Prince, Universal Enlightenment: An Introduction to the Teachings and Practices of Huayen Buddhism (2022)
Ronald Y. Nakasone, Mapping the Pathways of Huayan Buddhist Thought: Its Origins, Unfolding, and Relevance (Peter Lang, 2022)
Nicholaos Jones, Metaphors for Interdependence: Fazang's Buddhist Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Ben Connelly, Inside the Flower Garland Sutra: Huayan Buddhism and the Modern World (Wisdom, 2025)
Dissertations & Theses
Francis Cook, Fa-tsang's Treatise on the Five Doctrines: An Annotated Translation (Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 1970) [ProQuest]
Sallie Behn King, Commentary to the Hua-Yan Dharma-Realm Meditation (Ph.D.: University of British Columbia, 1975)
Whalen Wai-lun Lai, The Awakening of Faith in Mahayana (Ta-ch'eng ch'i-hsin lun): A Study of the Unfolding of Sinitic Mahayana Motifs (Ph.D.: Harvard University, 1975) [PhilPapers Archive]
Robert Michael Gimello, Chih-yen (602-668) and the Foundations of Hua-yen Buddhism (Ph.D.: Columbia University, 1976) [ProQuest]
Kang Nam Oh, A Study of Hua-Yen Buddhism With Special Reference to the Dharmadhātu (Fa-Chieh) Doctrine (Ph.D.: McMaster University, 1976)
Ming-wood Liu, The Teaching of Fa-tsang: An Examination of Buddhist Metaphysics (Ph.D.: University of California Los Angeles, 1979) [ProQuest]
Ronald Yukio Nakasone, The "Huan-Yuan-Kuan": A Study of the Hua-yen Interpretation of "Pratityasamutpada" (Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 1980) [ProQuest]
Steve Odin, A.N. Whitehead's Process Metaphysics and Hua-yen Buddhism on Interpenetration: A Critical Analysis (Ph.D.: State University of New York at Stonybrook, 1980) [ProQuest]
Dale Stuart Wright, Emptiness and Paradox in the Thought of Fa-tsang (Ph.D.: University of Iowa, 1980) [ProQuest]
Bong-Choul Hwang, Process and Harmony: A Comparison between Whitehead and Fa-tsang Metaphysics on the Notion of Reality (Ph.D.: University of Denver, 1994) [ProQuest]
Dirck Vorenkamp, Hua-Yen Buddhism: Faith and Time in Fa-Tsang's Thought (Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 1997) [ProQuest]
Jung-hyung Suh, Taoist Impact on Hua-yen Buddhism: A Study of the Formation of Hua-yen Worldview (Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 1997) [ProQuest]
Chan Ju Mun, The History of Doctrinal Classification in Chinese Buddhism: A Study of the Panjiao Systems (Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 2002) [ProQuest] [2005 Book]
Joseph D. John, The Concept of Value in Process Philosophy: An Examination of Whitehead, Hartshorne, and Hua-yen Buddhism (M.A.: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2007) [ProQuest]
Seunghak Koh, Li Tongxuan's (635-730) Thought and His Place in the Huayan Tradition of Chinese Buddhism (Ph.D.: University of California Los Angeles, 2011) [ProQuest]
Weiyu Lin, Exegesis-Philosophy Interplay: Introduction to Fazang’s (643-712) Commentary on the Huayan jing (60 juans) [Skt. Avataṃsaka Sūtra; Flower garland sūtra] — the Huayan jing tanxuan ji [record of investigating the mystery of the Huayan jing] (M.A.: University of British Columbia, 2021)
Kia Shahideh, A Process Conception of Nature: A Comparative Study of Hua-yen Buddhism and Whiteheadian Thought (M.A.: West Chester University, 2021)
Alex Owens, Inventing Indra's Net: The Modern Construction of an Ancient Metaphor (Ph.D.: Lancaster University, 2022)
Fedde Maarten de Vries, Thinking Through Texts: The Pedagogy and Practice of Sui-Tang Buddhist Scholasticism (Ph.D.: University of California Berkeley, 2024)
Jinsub Song, Rethinking Huayan Ethics: Tathāgatagarbha, Morality in Huayan Thought, and its Application to AI Ethics (Ph.D.: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024)
Translations
Thomas Cleary, Entry into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism (University of Hawai'i Press, 1983) [Internet Archive]
Thomas Cleary, The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation Of The Avatamsaka Sutra (Shambala, 1993) [Internet Archive]
Bhikshu Cheng Chien (Mario Poceski), Manifestation of the Tathāgata: Buddhahood according to the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Wisdom Publications, 1993)
Dirck Vorenkamp, An English Translation of Fa-Tsang's Commentary on the Awakening of Faith (Edwin Mellen Press, 2004)
Dirck Vorenkamp, Fa-tsang on Madhyamaka: Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Twelve Gates and Fa-tsang’s Commentary (2016) [PhilPapers Archive]
Bhikshu Dharmamitra, The Flower Adornment Sutra: An Annotated Translation of the Avataṃsaka Sutra (Kalavinka Press, 2022) Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Taitetsu Unno, Mark Unno, and Monica E. McLellan, The Treatise on Doctrinal Distinctions of the Huayan One Vehicle (Huayan yisheng jiaoyi fenqi zhang, T. 1866) (BDK America, 2023)
Encyclopedia
Norman Harry Rothschild, Fazang (Fa-tsang), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Bryan Van Norden and Nicholaos Jones, Huayan Buddhism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy