Outlines of Mahayâna Buddhism

OUTLINESOFMAHAYANA BUDDHISMBYDAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKITHE LIBRARYOFTHE UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIAGIFT OFLt. Col. WhiteGeorgetoAddRIGHTS RESERVED.ALLK. J. LEYDEN, HOLLAND.BRILL, PRINTERS,OUTLINESOFMAHAYANA BUDDHISMBYDAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKILONDONLUZAC AND COMPANYTHE BRITISH(OPPOSITE MUSEUM)PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.1907.PREFACE.The of this book is twofold: To refuteobject (i)the which are entertainedmany opinions bywrongWestern critics the fundamentalconcerning teachingsof Buddhism To awake interestMahayana ; (2) amongscholars of in thecomparative religion developmentof the sentiment and faith asreligious exemplifiedthe of one of the mostby growth powerful spiritualforces in the world. The book is therefore at oncein the sense thatand It ispopular scholarly. popularthe attitudeit tries to the ofexpose fallacy generaltowardsassumed other Mahayanism.by religionistsIt aims to on the other when itbe scholarly, hand,endeavors to some of the most salientexpoundfeatures of the anddoctrine, historically systematically.of this latterIn the accomplishmentattemptingmakes nothe author claim,object, however, greatto within thisbecause it is pres-impossible presentdata that are available for acribed all thespaceelucidation of theandcomprehensive systematicwhose in theMahayana Buddhism, history beganand ransixth before the Christian eracentury throughbefore ita of more than two thousand yearsperiodit is atassumed the form in which ...