The Awakening of Faith of Ashvagosha

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    • If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Whenever I have questions on Mahayana Buddhist doctrine, I return tothis text and Professor Hakeda's interpretation of it. I wonder if I willever encounter a work that is at once more profound, attractive, andmysterious than the Awakening of Faith. Hakeda's criticalinterpretation of the Awakening of Faith has become a classic.

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    The Awakening of Faith of Ashvagosha, by Timothy Richard, at www.farmersmarketmusic.com Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna is a text of Mahayana Buddhism. Though attributed to the Indian master Aśvaghoṣa, no Sanskrit version of it exists and it is .

    Thisedition, which includes a new introduction by Ryuichi Abi, presents abeautiful and accessible translation of one of the most influential worksin Mahayana Buddhism. Read more Read less. Add both to Cart Add both to List. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Buy the selected items together This item: The Awakening of Faith: Ships from and sold by Amazon. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1.

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    Review "At last, a critical English translation of one of the most influential documents of Mahayana Buddhism faithful to the earliest extant Chinese text. Translations from the Asian Classics Paperback: Columbia University Press December 7, Language: I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review.

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    The Greatness of the Attributes of Suchness From the beginning, Suchness in its nature is fully provided with all excellent qualities; namely, it is endowed with the light of great wisdom, the qualities of illuminating the entire universe, of true cognition and mind pure in its self-nature; of eternity, bliss, Self, and purity; of refreshing coolness, immutability, and freedom. They are endowed with an influence of great wisdom that functions as the application of innumerable expedient means. Third is the world of objects. This can be said because the nonempty state [of original enlightenment] is genuine, pure, and bright, being free from hindrances both affectional and intellectual, and transcending characteristics of that which is compounded [i. Because of the defiled state of mind, there emerges the subject that perceives [incorrectly; i. Because of this faith a man comes to meditate on them always, to draw near to them in fellowship, to honor them, and to respect them, developing his capacity for goodness and seeking after the all-embracing knowledge.

    Showing of 10 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. There are three chapters in this document plus a bunch of historical add-ons and whatnot, interesting enough in suggesting that the author is truly unknown. The first Chapter on interpretation of the "Principle of Mahayana" contains the meat of the matter.

    The second two chapters are not-so-good. Here is a small summary of the 4 stages of enlightenment suchness posited in the first chapter. Dialogues Of The Buddha. Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines: The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation: The Occult Significance of the Bhagavad Gita. Arthur Avalon sir John Woodroffe.

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    Three Lectures on Spiritual Unfoldment. Ocean water, the mind, is constantly agitated by wind, ignorance, the source of all sorts of delusions and attachments. The wind gives rise to waves and currents in the ocean.

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    But, however hard the wind disturbs the water, the water never loses its intrinsic qualities. When the wind ceases, the water manifests its inherent nature.

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    It remains clear and pure. As the surface of the ocean becomes calm and placid, the water naturally turns itself into a great mirror, another powerful metaphor in the text pp. That is, sentient beings are deluded not because they lack the nature of enlightenment but, on the contrary, because they do not recognize or trust the enlightening qualities that they already possess.

    If not - when? I see no email contact for the monastery in San Francisco. Generally speaking there are two perspectives of Mahayana. What are the two? The first is Dharma. The second is meaning. What is called Dharma is the mind of sentient beings. This mind constitutes all the physical and mental events dharmas of the secular world and for transcending this world.

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    The meaning of Mahayana is revealed through this mind. It is because the inherent true thusness of the mind reveals the embodiment of Mahayana. The inherent originating and ceasing of the mind from karmic causality reveals the embodiment, as well as, the characteristics and application of Mahayana.

    The previous section explains the motivations of this discourse. Now, this section establishes the fundamental theme: Together, these represent the name and meaning of Mahayana or "Great Vehicle. It is the very formation of Mahayana, and the heart of Buddha nature Tathagata-garbha. This Dharma is equally contained in all sentient beings.