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Mahāyāna (/ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/ MAH-hə-YAH-nə; Sanskrit: महायान,
pronounced [mɐɦaːˈjaːnɐ], lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a
broad group of
Buddhist traditions...
- The
Mahāyāna sūtras are a
broad genre of
Buddhist scripture (sūtra) that are
accepted as
canonical and as
buddhavacana ("Buddha word") in
certain communities...
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confirmation or
prediction from a
living Buddha that this will be so. In
Mahāyāna Buddhism, a
bodhisattva refers to
anyone who has
generated bodhicitta,...
- Look up
Mahayana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mahayana canon is the
canon of
scriptures of
Mahayana Buddhism.
Mahayana canon may
specifically refer...
- Teaching'), and
Mahāyāna (lit. 'the
Great Vehicle'). The most
common classification among scholars is threefold: Theravāda,
Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna. In...
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rebirth as well as the
dissolution of the skandhas. In some
Mahāyāna scriptures,
notably the
Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, parinirvāṇa is
described as the...
- all pervasive. This view can be
found in
numerous Mahāyāna sources, like the
Avatamsaka sutra.
Mahāyāna buddhology mainly understands the
Buddha through...
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India indicate that both
Mahāyāna and non-
Mahāyāna monks could be
found in the same monasteries, with the
difference that
Mahāyāna monks worshipped figures...
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virtuous to non-
Mahāyāna sutras. The
Mahāyāna sūtras are
traditionally considered by
Mahāyāna Buddhists to be the word of the Buddha.
Mahāyāna Buddhists explained...
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regarded arhats as
imperfect in
their attainments compared to buddhas.
Mahayana Buddhist teachings urge
followers to take up the path of a bodhisattva...
