Outlines of Mahayâna Buddhism

University Of California Libraries, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

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OUTLINES OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM BY DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKITHE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF Lt. Col. WhiteGeorgetoAddRIGHTS RESERVED.ALLK. J. LEYDEN, HOLLAND.BRILL, PRINTERS,OUTLINES OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM BY DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI LONDON LUZAC AND COMPANY THE 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 bywrong Western critics the fundamentalconcerning teachings of Buddhism To awake interestMahayana ; (2) among scholars of in thecomparative religion development of the sentiment and faith asreligious exemplified the of one of the mostby growth powerful spiritual forces in the world. The book is therefore at once in the sense thatand It ispopular scholarly. popular the attitudeit tries to the ofexpose fallacy general towardsassumed other Mahayanism.by religionists It aims to on the other when itbe scholarly, hand, endeavors to some of the most salientexpound features of the anddoctrine, historically systematically. of this latterIn the accomplishmentattempting makes nothe author claim,object, however, great to within thisbecause it is pres-impossible present data that are available for acribed all thespace elucidation of theandcomprehensive systematic whose in theMahayana Buddhism, history began and ransixth before the Christian eracentury through before ita of more than two thousand yearsperiod it is atassumed the form in which present taught in the this theOrient. period, MahayanaDuring long 928VI the bestdoctrine was elaborated minds that India,by and ever It is noTibet, produced.China, Japan wonder then that so diverse andmany apparently are all under thecontradictory teachings comprised ofname Buddhism. Togeneral Mahayana expound all these theories even would betentatively altogether outside the of such a work as this. All that Iscope could or to do was to discuss a few of thehoped most and most essential ofgeneral topics Mahayanism, this a sort of introduction to a more detailedmaking of the as a whole as well as inexposition system particular. To attain the first I haveobject, occasionallygone outside the within which I had tosphere properly confine the work. But this deviation seemed imperative for the reason that some critics are so prejudiced that even self-evident truths are not com-seemingly Ithem. be in ownprehended by may prejudiced my but I have wondered how com-way, very frequently and how some can be madepletely wretchedly people the of self-delusion.prey The doctrinal of Buddhism ishistory Mahayana little known to Occidental scholars. This isvery due to the of material which ismainly inaccessibility written in the Chinese one of the largely tongue, most difficult of for to master.languages foreigners In this of liberal it is a thatage culture, great pity so few of the stones contained in theprecious religion of Buddha are obtainable Western Humanby people. nature is the same the world andessentially over,