The Awakening of Faith: Attributed to Asvaghosha

Translated by Yoshito S. Hakeda

Paper, 136 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13157-5
$26.00 / £15.50

January, 2006
Cloth, 136 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13156-8
$70.50 / £41.50

"At last, a critical English translation of one of the most influential documents of Mahayana Buddhism faithful to the earliest extant Chinese text." — Choice

"The most reliable version of the text available to English-speaking readers." — Andrew May, Journal of The Buddhist Society

Related Subjects

• Asian Religion

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

Yoshito S. Hakeda was professor of Buddhist studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of Religion at Columbia University. Ryuichi Abe is Edwin O. Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.Hakeda was Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Associate Professor of Religion at Columbia University. Ryuichi Abe is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions in the Department of Eas Aisan Languages and Cultures at Harvard University.

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