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probably developed among the
Mahāsāṃghikas in
southern India, in the Āndhra country, on the Kṛṣṇa River."
These Mahāsāṃghikas had two
famous monasteries...
- away from the
majority Mahāsāṃghikas during the
Second Buddhist council resulting in the
first schism in the Sangha. The
Mahāsāṃghika Śāriputraparipṛcchā...
- schools, the
Mahāsāṃghika branch regarded the
buddhas as
being characterized primarily by
their supramundane (lokottara) nature. The
Mahāsāṃghikas advocated...
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Caitika schools of the
Mahāsāṃghikas. Alex
Wayman has
outlined eleven points of
complete agreement between the
Mahāsāṃghikas and the Śrīmālā,
along with...
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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...
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relative perfection of
arhats existed in the
early Buddhist schools.
Mahāsāṃghikas, such as the Ekavyāvahārika, Lokottaravāda, Bahuśrutīya, Prajñaptivāda...
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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...
- Nikāyas (monastic groups, divisions), the
Sthavira ("Elders"), and the
Mahāsāṃghika ("Great Community"). This
initial split occurred either during the reign...
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Buddhism suggests that
Mahāsāṃghikas tried to
change the
traditional Vinaya by
adding the
above ten
points to it. However,
Mahāsāṃghikas hold that the Sthaviras...
- the
Mahāsāṃghikas. The Ekavyāvahārikas, Gokulikas, and Lokottaravādins are the
three groups that
emerged from the
first split in the
Mahāsāṃghika sect...
