The Awakening Faith in the Mahayana is a classic of East Asian Buddhism. Its concept of faith, however, is not the same as that of Western religions. The book's title may also be translated as The Generating of Confidence in the Mahayana. Confidence or trust is generated as a result of examining the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, which are concisely summarized here. This book is said to have been written for those who find the wordiness of extensive discourse wearisome, and who prefer a brief treatise with a lot of meaning. Doctrinally, it presents the tathagata-garba or Buddha-matrix teachings in their most developed form.

Asvaghosha's Discourse On the Awakening of Faith In the Mahayana, Asvaghosha, Translated by D.T. Suzuki, Asian Humanities Press, Paperback, 160 pages, $20.00

Asvaghosa 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 today in Chinese translations as a text-book for the instruction of Buddhist priests.

	Contents: Asvaghosha's Discourse On the Awakening of Faith In the Mahayana
	Publisher's Preface	iii
	Translator's Preface	x
	Introduction	1
	Date	2
	Nativity and Peregrination	17
	Appellations	20
	Conversion	24
	Lists of Patriarchs	32
	As an Artist	34
	Works in Chinese Translations	36
	Chinese Translations of the "Discourse on the Awakening of Faith"	38
	Outlines of the "Discourse on the Awakening of Faith"	42
	Adoration	46
	Discourse	48
	I. Introductory	49
	II. General Statement	52
	III. The Explanation	55
	IV. Practice of Faith	127
	V. Benefits	146
	Glossary	151
	Index	155