Mahāyāna (Sanskrit: महायान, /ˌməhɑːˈjɑːnə/ Mə-hAH-YAH-nə; lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies... 146 KB (17,129 words) - 08:27, 27 March 2024 |
Bodhisattva (section In 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,... 106 KB (12,416 words) - 00:00, 15 April 2024 |
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... 65 KB (7,655 words) - 12:04, 25 March 2024 |
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... 42 KB (4,266 words) - 09:29, 8 April 2024 |
Buddhism (section Other key Mahāyāna views) India indicate that both Mahāyāna and non-Mahāyāna monks could be found in the same monasteries, with the difference that Mahāyāna monks worshipped figures... 246 KB (27,224 words) - 05:45, 23 April 2024 |
Look up Mahayana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahayana canon is the canon of scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana canon may specifically refer... 1 KB (191 words) - 18:17, 11 April 2024 |
Buddhahood (section Mahāyāna Buddhism) enlightenment before Gautama, the five celestial Buddhas worshiped primarily in Mahayana (such as Amitabha), and the bodhisattva Maitreya (known as the Buddha of... 69 KB (7,030 words) - 17:47, 23 April 2024 |
Buddhist vegetarianism (section Mahayana view) vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism by significant portions of Mahayana Buddhist monastics and laypersons as well as some Buddhists of other sects... 40 KB (4,893 words) - 00:04, 25 February 2024 |