禅Ashvaghosha

proverb

Awakening of Faith

Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna

Indic

Traditionally attributed

Text

Faith is not belief in a thing; faith is the willingness to keep sitting when the belief in sitting has gone. The dharma waits for the second kind.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Ashvaghosha

From Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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