Acvaghosha’s Discourse on the Awakening of Fait in the Mahayana. Ashvaghosha is a treasured philosopher of Buddhism. His treatise on The Awakening-of Faith is recognized by all Northern Buddhist schools and sects as orthodox and used even to-day in Chinese translations as a text-book for the instruction of Buddhist priests.
Acvaghosha’s Discourse translated to English from Chinese
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 viharas, it would be a great loss; for then our knowledge of Acvaghosha’s philosophy would remain limited to its Chinese translation. This book is the translation done by translator and zen-master Teitaro Suzuki that was first published in 1900.
Download Acvaghosha’s Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana here (190 pages/9.6MB):
