Commentary and Notes on the Awakening of Faith: Preliminary Volume (起信論疏記會閱卷首)

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The Commentary on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, Volume Introduction, is an authoritative commentary on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana by the eminent Tang dynasty monk Fazang. This work integrates Fazang's profound Huayan thought, systematically elucidating core doctrines such as the arising of phenomena from the true suchness and the one mind with its two aspects. It offers a profound interpretation of Buddhist mind-nature theory. As a significant text of the Huayan school, it not only holds a lofty position in the history of Chinese Buddhism but has also deeply influenced the development of East Asian Buddhist philosophy. It is an indispensable classical commentary for the study of Tathāgatagarbha thought in Mahayana Buddhism.