Indeed, the Avatarmashaka Sutra is the culmination of Buddhist thought, Buddhist feeling, and Buddhist experience.

In my opinion, no spiritual text in the world can approach the grandeur of conception, the depth of feeling, and the colossal scale of the composition that this sutra achieves. In this text, not only deeply reflective minds find satisfaction, but also the humblest spirits – and even the most profoundly burdened hearts feel that their weight becomes lighter.

In this book, abstract truths are represented so symbolically, so allegorically, that one can reach such an understanding of truth that even a simple particle of dust appears to reflect the entire universe – and not only this visible universe, but also an endless system of worlds, which can only be grasped by the highest intelligence.

N. T. Suzuki