Mahāyāna (/ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/ MAH-hə-YAH-nə; Sanskrit: महायान, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈjaːnɐ], lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions...
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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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Bodhisattva (section Mahāyāna)
confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will be so. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has generated bodhicitta,...
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Look up Mahayana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahayana canon is the canon of scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana canon may specifically refer...
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Buddhism (section Mahāyāna Buddhism)
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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Buddhist texts (section Mahāyāna texts)
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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Schools of Buddhism (section Mahāyāna schools)
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...
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In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta ("enlightenment-mind" or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi), with wisdom...
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Buddhahood (section Mahāyāna Buddhism)
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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