The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism

by Aśvaghoṣa, Timothy Richard, Ashvagosha. Translated by Timothy Richard

Book Overview

Comprehensive and coherent, this guide to a complex system of Buddhism is so authoritative that it has been employed in the instruction of Buddhist priests. Readers will find that it offers the keys to the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism, a liberal and theistic branch of the faith practiced chiefly in China and Japan. Translated by the distinguished scholar Teitaro Suzuki, the text discusses how humans can transcend their finite state to partake in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048643141X
• ISBN13: 9780486431413
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"