The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486431413)

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 the life of the infinite. Practices and techniques to assist believers in the awakening and growth of faith appear here, in addition to the most developed form of tathagata-garbha, or Buddha-matrix teachings.
This accessible work was written specifically for those who prefer a brief and pithy presentation to extensive discourse.

Author: Asvaghosa
ISBN-10: 048643141X
ISBN-13: 9780486431413
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2003
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.42w x 0.41d