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First published in 1967, Yoshito S. Hakeda's translation and critical interpretation of The Awakening of Faith has become a classic. Hakeda's work, now available in a new edition, presents a beautiful and accessible translation of one of the most influential works in Mahayana Buddhism. Philosophical and religious in its approach, The Awakening of Faith provides a comprehensive summary of the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism. It explores the path leading to enlightenment and teaches the principles and methods of ...
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First published in 1967, Yoshito S. Hakeda's translation and critical interpretation of The Awakening of Faith has become a classic. Hakeda's work, now available in a new edition, presents a beautiful and accessible translation of one of the most influential works in Mahayana Buddhism. Philosophical and religious in its approach, The Awakening of Faith provides a comprehensive summary of the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism. It explores the path leading to enlightenment and teaches the principles and methods of meditation. However, the text does not advocate a passive retreat into the quietude of meditation; instead it calls for a dynamic social engagement based on compassion and wisdom.

The Awakening of Faith, commonly attributed to Asvaghosha, has been the subject of voluminous commentaries for more than a thousand years. Hakeda's own interpretive comments illuminate and explain the work and its more esoteric elements. Ryuichi Abe's new foreword examines the importance of The Awakening of Faith within Buddhism and the influence of Hakeda's translation. For this reissue Abe changed the Wade-Giles transcriptions to Pinyin transcriptions.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780231083362
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publication date: 4/1/1974
  • Edition description: REPRINT
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 131
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1. The Reasons for Writing
Part 2. Outline
Part 3. Interpretation
Chapter 1. Revelation of True Meaning
I. One Mind and Its Two Aspects
A. The Mind in Terms of Absolute
1. Truly Empty
2. Truly Nonempty
B. The Mind in Terms of Phenomena
1. The Storehouse Consciousness
2. The Cause and Conditions of Man's Being in Samsara
3. Characteristics of Beings in Samsara
II. The Essence Itself and the Attributes of Suchness, or The Meanings of Maha¯
A. The Greatness of the Essence of Suchness
B. The Greatness of the Attributes of Suchness
C. The Greatness of the Influences of Suchness
III. From Samsara to Nirvana
Chapter Two: The Correction of Evil Attachments
I. Biased Views Held by Ordinary Men
II. The Biased Views Held by the Hinayanists
Chapter Three: Analysis of the Types of Aspiration for Enlightenment, or The Meanings of Yana¯
I. The Aspiration for Enlightenment through the Perfection of Faith
II. The Aspiration for Enlightenment through Understanding and Deeds
III. The Aspiration for Enlightenment through Insight
Part 4. On Faith and Practice
On Four Faiths
On Five Practices
The Practice of Cessation
The Practice of Clear Observation
Part 5 Encouragement of Practice and the Benefits Thereof
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