- The
Mahāsāṃghika (Brahmi: 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀁𑀖𑀺𑀓, "of the
Great Sangha", Chinese: 大眾部; pinyin: Dà zhòng bù) was a
major division (nikāya) of the
early Buddhist...
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accepted as
canonical by the
Mahāsāṃghika school. The Theravādin Dīpavaṃsa, for example,
records that the
Mahāsāṃghikas had no abhidharma. However, other...
- schools, the
Mahāsāṃghika branch regarded the
buddhas as
being characterized primarily by
their supramundane (lokottara) nature. The
Mahāsāṃghikas advocated...
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existed in the
early Buddhist schools. The Sarvāstivāda, Kāśyapīya,
Mahāsāṃghika, Ekavyāvahārika, Lokottaravāda, Bahuśrutīya, Prajñaptivāda, and Caitika...
- Nikāyas (monastic groups, divisions), the
Sthavira ("Elders"), and the
Mahāsāṃghika ("Great Community"). This
initial split occurred either during the reign...
- was one of the
early Buddhist schools. They
split from the
majority Mahāsāṃghikas at the time of the
Second Buddhist council. The
Sthavira nikāya was...
-
Buddhism suggests that
Mahāsāṃghikas tried to
change the
traditional Vinaya by
adding the
above ten
points to it. However,
Mahāsāṃghikas hold that the Sthaviras...
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generally agrees that the
Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya is the
oldest extant Buddhist Vinaya.
According to
Reginald Ray, the
Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya mentions the figure...
- the
Mahāsāṃghikas, the
bodhisattva ideal and
buddhahood was
advocated over the
ideal of
becoming an arhat.
Avalokitavrata wrote of the
Mahāsāṃghikas as...
- all of
these doctrines are
shared by the
Theravada Pali
texts and the
Mahasamghika school's Śālistamba Sūtra. A
recent study by
Bhikkhu Analayo concludes...
