The book is an interpretation of Ashvagosha's Mahayanana Shradhotpada Shastra (Awakening of Faith). Initially translated by the renowned scholar Professor Daisets Teitaro Suzuki from the Chinese texts, and later adapted by the author Dwight Goddard to make the text more understandabel to the layman, this book provides the reader with the basics of the prsctice of Mahayana Buddhism. |
