The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana Doctrine: The New Buddhism (Classic Reprint)

One of the great Books of theW orld. :k mm mm This is the title of one of the most important books in the world. A Japanese scholar has translated it Tie A wakening ofF aith. It might also be rendered The Mahayana Faith or The Faith of theN ew Buddhism. I ts importance is apparent when we consider tlie fact that of the 26,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in Japan no less than 17,000 of them belong to the Pure Land School and the True School, which regard this book as their fountain and origin. I ts importance is still more apparent when we consider that its doctrines are the fundamental ones of theM ahayana Faith, which is by far the chief school of Buddhism, not only in Japan, but also inC hina, where are the great majority of theB uddhists of the world. If we estimate the value of books by the number of adherents to their doctrines, then, after theB ible, 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 book is also apparent when we remember that theE astern world had been driven to general despair by the atheistic doctrines of primitive Buddhism, called the Hinayana School, and that it was by the doctrines of this book, which gave rise to theM ahaj anaS chool of New Buddhism, that a gospel of great hope was preached to the greater part of theE astern Asiatic
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