Suzuki writes to correct Western misreadings of Mahāyāna Buddhism and to set out its teaching systematically. He asks whether the Mahāyāna is the Buddha’s genuine teaching, then treats Suchness, the Tathāgata-garbha and storehouse consciousness, non-ego, karma, the Dharmakāya, the Bodhisattva, salvation and Nirvana.
An early work by the scholar who later brought Zen to the West, still a lucid guide to Mahāyāna ideas. Download the free EPUB.