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The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana Doctrine: The New Buddhism (Classic Reprint)
The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana Doctrine The New Buddhism - Classic Reprint Author:Asvaghosa Asvaghosa This is the title of one of the most important books in the world. A Japanese scholar has translated it The Awakening of Faith. It might also be rendered The Mahayana Faith or The Faith of the New Buddhism. Its importance is apparent when we consider tuc fact that of the 26,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in Japan no less than 17,000 of them belong ... more »to the Ture Land School and the True School, which regard this book as their fountain and origin.
Its importance is still more apparent when we consider that its doctrines are the fundamental ones of the Mahayana Faith, which is by far the chief school of Buddhism, not only in Japan, but also in China, where are the great majority of the Buddhists of the world. If we estimate the value of books by the number of adherents to their doctrines, then, after the Bible, the Koran, the Confucian Classics, and the Vedas, this volume, about the size of the Gospel of Mark, ranks next, or fifth, among the sacred books of the world.
The great value of the
Table of Contents
Translator's-Introductionv; Translator's Synopsisxvu; The Opening Hymn -------- xxvi; Chapter-I; Reasons for writing the Book1; Chapter-II; The Fundamental Doctrine of the New Buddhism-the Mahayana Faith - 3; Chapter-III Exposition of the Faith- - 4; Chapter-IV The Practice of the Faith ------ 35; Chapter-V The Advantages of the Faith44
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