Excerpt from Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahâyâna: Translated for the First Time From the Chinese VersionAcvaghosha is the philosopher of Buddhism. His treatise on The Awakening of Faith is recognised by all Northern schools and sects as orthodox and used even to-day in Chinese translations as a text-book for the instruction of Buddhist priests.The original Sanskrit text has not been found as yet; and if it should not be discovered somewhere in India or in one of the numerous libraries of the Buddhist vihâras; it would be a great loss; for then our knowledge of Açvaghosha's philosophy would remain limited to its Chinese translation.Açvaghosha's treatise on The Awakening of Faith is a small booklet; a monograph of the usual size of Chinese fascicles; comprising in its Chinese dress no more than about 10;800 characters; and may be read through in a few hours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work; preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases; an imperfection in the original; such as a blemish or missing page; may be replicated in our edition. We do; however; repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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