Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith

The Treatise on Giving Rise to Faith in the Great Vehicle is one of the most important foundational texts of East Asian Buddhism. This new annotated translation of the Treatise draws on the historical and intellectual contexts of the work's composition and pays close attention to its interpretation in early commentaries.

About the author

John Jorgensen studied in Australia, Japan, and Korea. His publications deal mainly with Chan/Son Buddhism and include six volumes of translations. He has written articles and encyclopedia entries on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Buddhism, as well as Korean new religions.

Dan Lusthaus specializes in the transmission of Buddhism from India to China, with special focus on Yogacara Buddhism. The Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith is the first Buddhist text he read in Chinese, and he has been studying it ever since.

John Makeham specializes in Chinese intellectual history. He has a particular interest in Confucian thought throughout Chinese history and, in more recent years, in the influence of Sinitic Buddhist thought on pre-modern and modern Confucian philosophy.

Mark Strange studies the intellectual and political history of medieval China. Before moving to the Australian National University, he taught at the University of Warwick, University of

Oxford, and University of Cambridge.

Summary

The Treatise on Giving Rise to Faith in the Great Vehicle is one of the most important foundational texts of East Asian Buddhism. This new annotated translation of the Treatise draws on the historical and intellectual contexts of the work's composition and pays close attention to its interpretation in early commentaries.

Additional text

This belongs in every Buddhological collection.

Product details

• Authors: John Jorgensen, John Lusthaus Jorgensen
• Assisted by: John Jorgensen (Editor), Dan Lusthaus (Editor), John Jorgensen (Translation), Dan Lusthaus (Translation), John Makeham (Translation), John Jorgensen (Editor and translation), Jorgensen John (Editor and translation), Dan Lusthaus (Editor and translation), Lusthaus Dan (Editor and translation), John Makeham (Editor and translation), Makeham John (Editor and translation), Mark Strange (Editor and translation), Strange Mark (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780190297701
• ISBN: 978-0-19-029770-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Oxford Chinese Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Philosophy, Buddhism, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought