Excerpt from Outlines of the Mahayana as Taught by Buddha The doctrine of Mahayana is both wide and deep, and can hardly be treated of exhaustively. But Should the readers carefully study the few chapters of this treatise, they will be able to form Clear ideas of the doctrine itself. A few words upon the arrangements and connections Of the Chapters in this treatise may not, the author thinks, be altogether useless to the readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.