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Branch of Buddhism
Mahāyāna (Sanskrit: महायान, "Great Vehicle") is the largest branch of Buddhism, followed by Theravada. It is a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts
Mahayana
Buddhist term for aspirant to enlightenment
individuals are ultimately able to become bodhisattvas, such as Maitreya. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has generated bodhicitta,
Bodhisattva
Religious texts in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
The Mahayana sutras are Buddhist texts that are accepted as canonical and authentic buddhavacana in Mahayana Buddhist sanghas. These include three types
Mahayana_sutras
Indian religion and philosophy
techniques, may be viewed as a separate branch or as a tradition within Mahāyāna. The Mahāyāna branch, which includes the traditions of Tiantai, Chan, Pure Land
Buddhism
Institutional and doctrinal divisions of Buddhism
Teaching'), and Mahāyāna (lit. 'the Great Vehicle'). The most common classification among scholars is threefold: Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna. Another
Schools_of_Buddhism
Condition of being fully spiritually awakened in Buddhism
all pervasive. This view can be found in numerous Mahāyāna texts, such as the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. Mahāyāna buddhology mainly understands the Buddha through
Buddhahood
Historic literature and religious texts of Buddhism
virtuous to non-Mahāyāna sutras. The Mahāyāna sūtras are traditionally considered by Mahāyāna Buddhists to be the word of the Buddha. Mahāyāna Buddhists explained
Buddhist_texts
Founder of Buddhism
discourses, i.e., the Mahāyāna sūtras. Buddhism evolved into a variety of traditions and practices, represented by Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, and
The_Buddha
Term for preliminary Buddhism before Mahayāna
the early Buddhist schools, at one time used by the Mahāyāna school to refer to the pre-Mahāyāna Buddhist paths to liberation. Specifically, it encompasses
Hinayana
Concept in Buddhism
rebirth as well as the dissolution of the skandhas. In some Mahāyāna scriptures, notably the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, parinirvāṇa is described as the
Parinirvana
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Mahayana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahayana canon is the canon of scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana canon may specifically refer
Mahayana_Canon
Highest spiritual attainment in Buddhist cultivation
tradition. In Mahayana Buddhism, a further distinction is made between the "abiding" nirvana (equated with the nirvana of non-Mahayana Buddhism) and the
Nirvana_(Buddhism)
School of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Pure Land School (Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the
Pure_Land_Buddhism
Buddhist canonical collection
both Śrāvakayāna and Mahāyāna sources, including the Lalitavistara, the Mahāyāna Sūtrālaṃkāra, and the Chinese Āgama and Mahāyāna sūtra traditions. Some
Buddhist_canons
Meditation-based school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Vietnamese: Thiền) is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly
Zen
Vegetarianism in Buddhist culture and philosophy
vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism by significant portions of Mahayana Buddhist monastics and laypersons as well as some Buddhists of other sects
Buddhist_vegetarianism
Enlightened being in Buddhism
differing in the path taken and the qualities developed along the way. Mahayana Buddhist teachings urge followers to take up the path of a bodhisattva
Arhat
Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Sanskrit; traditional Chinese: 大般涅槃經; pinyin: Dàbōnièpán-jīng; Japanese: Daihatsunehan-gyō, Tibetan: མྱ ངནལས་དསཀྱི
Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Mahāyāna_Mahāparinirvāṇa_Sūtra
Popular Sastra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna (AF, Chinese: 大乘起信論; pinyin: Dàshéng Qǐxìn Lùn; Japanese: 大乗起信論, Daijōkishinron; Korean: 대승기신론, Daeseung-gisinron; Vietnamese:
Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana
Awakening_of_Faith_in_the_Mahayana
Buddhist bodhisattva
forms and styles across Buddhist traditions of different cultures. In Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara is also considered a manifestation
Avalokiteśvara
of Buddhism including two main traditions: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Theravāda Buddhism. Historically, Mahāyāna had a prominent position in the region, but
Buddhism_in_Southeast_Asia
Chinese Buddhist temples in South Cairo, New York and Manhattan
Mahayana Temple (Chinese: 大乘寺; pinyin: Dàchèng Sì; Jyutping: Da4sing4 Zi6) is a Chinese Buddhist temple organization headquartered within a forest in South
New_York_Mahayana_Temples
Form of Buddhism native to China and practiced around the world
(traditional Chinese: 漢傳佛教; simplified Chinese: 汉传佛教) is a Sinicized form of Mahayana Buddhism, which draws on the Chinese Buddhist canon (大藏經; Dàzàngjīng; "Great
Chinese_Buddhism
Major branch of Buddhism
Buddhism, with 36% of Buddhists belonging to Theravāda, compared to 53% to Mahāyāna. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a classical
Theravada
Buddhist ecumenical statement in 1967
The Basic Points Unifying the Theravāda and the Mahāyāna is an important Buddhist ecumenical statement created in 1967 during the First Congress of the
Basic Points Unifying Theravāda and Mahāyāna
Basic_Points_Unifying_Theravāda_and_Mahāyāna
Buddhist philosophy
Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra-kārikā (Verses on the Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras) is a major work of Buddhist philosophy attributed to Maitreya-nātha which
Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika
Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika
Buddhist monastery and centre of learning in India
scholars of Mahayana Buddhism. The historian William Dalrymple said of Nalanda that "at its apex, it was the undisputed scholarly centre of the Mahayana Buddhist
Nalanda_mahavihara
4th-century Mahayana Buddhist scholar
4th century C.E.) was one of the most important spiritual figures of Mahayana Buddhism and the founder of the Yogachara school. Traditionally, he and
Asanga
Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and globally
the Baltistan region of Pakistan. Tibetan Buddhism evolved as a form of Mahayana Buddhism stemming from the latest stages of Buddhism (which included many
Tibetan_Buddhism
Buddhist practices leading to liberation from saṃsāra
summarized as sila (morality), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (insight). In Mahayana Buddhism, this path is contrasted with the Bodhisattva path, which is believed
Noble_Eightfold_Path
Adherents of Buddhism
predominant in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, and Mahayana Buddhism, which is dominant in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. There
Buddhists
2026 Indian Telugu language film
Eshwaran Vijayaraghavan, under A+S Movies, Srichakraas Entertainments, Mahayana Motion Pictures, and Better Invest Media Vision Fund, respectively. It
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movements, schisms, and philosophical schools. Among them were the Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna traditions, with contrasting periods of expansion and retreat
History_of_Buddhism
Celestial Buddha of Buddhism
Phật in Vietnamese, and Öpakmé in Tibetan, is one of the main Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism and the most widely venerated Buddhist figure in East Asian Buddhism
Amitābha
Future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology
are many Mahāyāna sūtras which describe and discuss the bodhisattva Maitreya. He appears as a supporting character in several important Mahāyāna sūtras
Maitreya
Concept in Buddhism
In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta ("aspiration to enlightenment" or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi) through
Bodhicitta
East Asian cuisine informed by Buddhism
followed by monks and many believers from areas historically influenced by Mahayana Buddhism. It is vegetarian or vegan, and it is based on the Dharmic concept
Buddhist_cuisine
Buddhist branches in Asia by region
sometimes used to describe the three main schools of Buddhism: Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. Buddhism is an Indian religion and dhārma that encompasses
Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism
Southern,_Eastern_and_Northern_Buddhism
Initiation ceremony in Buddhism
Buddhism. Since the period of Early Buddhism, all Theravada and mainstream Mahayana schools only take refuge in the Triple Gem. However, the Vajrayana school
Refuge_in_Buddhism
Buddhist translator
learned both Śrāvakayāna and Mahāyāna treatises. He translated the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, the Dīrgha Āgama, and other Mahāyāna texts including the Ākāśagarbha
Buddhayaśas
Buddhist term often translated as "wisdom" or "intelligence"
("dissatisfaction" or "suffering"), and anattā ("non-self" or "egolessness"). Mahāyāna texts describe it as the understanding of śūnyatā ("emptiness"). It is
Prajñā_(Buddhism)
Early Buddhist school
tradition as an early source for some ideas that were later adopted by Mahāyāna Buddhism. Some of these ideas include the view that the Buddha was a fully
Mahāsāṃghika
Country in Southeast Asia
Trần dynasty, Đại Việt repelled three Mongol invasions. Meanwhile, the Mahāyāna branch of Buddhism flourished and became the state religion. Following
Vietnam
Organization based in Portland, Oregon
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was founded in 1975 by Gelugpa Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Foundation_for_the_Preservation_of_the_Mahayana_Tradition
Buddhist doctrine of "non-self"
wúwǒ; Japanese: 無我 muga; Korean: 무아 mu-a) within various Mahayana schools. The early Mahayana Buddhist texts link their discussion of "emptiness" (śūnyatā)
Anattā
Buddhist qualities for spiritual perfection
terms in Pali but Pali literature makes greater reference to pāramī, while Mahayana texts generally use the Sanskrit pāramitā. Donald S. Lopez Jr. describes
Pāramitā
Ancient Eurasian icon and Nazi symbol
Left: the left-facing sauwastika is a sacred symbol in the Bon and Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions. Right: the right-facing swastika appears commonly in Hinduism
Swastika
True nature of things in Buddhism
(sarva-dharma-tathatā 諸法實相), etc. Although it is a significant concept in Mahayana Buddhism, it is also used in the Theravada tradition. The Buddha referred
Tathātā
Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism
bodhisattva who represents prajñā (transcendent wisdom) of the Buddhas in Mahāyāna Buddhism. The name "Mañjuśrī" is a combination of Sanskrit word "mañju"
Manjushri
Indian Mahayana Buddhist philosopher (c. 150–c. 250)
CE) was an Indian scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher (acharya) of Mahayana Buddhism from south India. He is considered the founder of the Madhyamaka
Nagarjuna
seen as separate techniques, while Mahayana Buddhism generally stresses the union of samatha and vipassana. Both Mahayana and Theravada traditions share some
Buddhist_meditation
Religion established by Baháʼu'lláh
Shaktism Smartism Śrauta Sant Mat Neo-Hinduism list Buddhism Theravada Mahayana Chan/Zen/Thiền Amidism Nichiren Vajrayana Tibetan Neo-Buddhism list Other
Baháʼí_Faith
Country in East Asia
the religious tradition of Daoism emerged during the 2nd century CE. Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to China during the Han dynasty and spread rapidly
China
Highest spiritual goal in Buddhist cultivation
of causation, and still later by anatta, the emptiness of the self. In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhi is equal to prajna, insight into the Buddha-nature, sunyata
Enlightenment_in_Buddhism
Marylebone (Chinese, Mahayana) Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, Stanmore (Sri Lankan, Theravada) Three Wheels Temple, Acton (Japanese, Mahayana) Wat Buddhapadipa
List of Buddhist temples in the United Kingdom
List_of_Buddhist_temples_in_the_United_Kingdom
Philosophical concept of emptiness found in Asian religions
Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic
Śūnyatā
Group of early Buddhist schools
"assemblage", referring to the collection of early Buddhist schools or non-Mahayana schools. Early Buddhism in India is generally divided into various monastic
Nikaya_Buddhism
Five aggregates of clinging in Buddhism
Buddhist traditions hold that the aggregates do not constitute a "self". In Mahayana philosophy, this is further expressed as the aggregates being empty of
Skandha
Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
335 chapters, but his translations included some of the most important Mahayana scriptures. Xuanzang was born on 6 April 602 in Chenliu, near present-day
Xuanzang
Tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology
(hetuvidyā). Yogachara was one of the two most influential traditions of Mahayana Buddhism in India, along with Madhyamaka. The compound Yogācāra literally
Yogachara
Buddhist meditation practices
unsatisfactoriness"), and anattā ("non-self"): the three marks of existence. In the Mahayana traditions vipassanā is defined as insight into śūnyatā ("emptiness") and
Samatha-vipassanā
Set of moral codes in Mahayana Buddhism
chub sems dpa’i sdom pa) are a set of ethical trainings (śīla) used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva
Bodhisattva_Precepts
Early Buddhist monastic schools
literature of the Mahāyāna (the Mahāyāna sūtras). All commentarial works (Aṭṭhakathā) of Theravāda and other early Buddhist schools. Early Mahāyāna originated
Early_Buddhist_schools
Country in South Asia
The seated image of Gal Vihara in Polonnaruwa, 12th century, which depicts the dhyana mudra, shows signs of Mahayana influence.
Sri_Lanka
Borough in New York City and county in New York State
with 41 congregations, 24,536 Reform Jews with 10 congregations, 23,982 Mahayana Buddhists with 35 congregations, 10,503 PC-USA Presbyterians with 30 congregations
Manhattan
Prominent and leading disciple of the Buddha
in the development of the Buddhist Abhidharma. He frequently appears in Mahayana sutras, and in some sutras, is used as a counterpoint to represent the
Śāriputra
Divine beings
Buddhas, which are Sakyamuni and the twenty-eight Buddhas who preceded him. Mahayana Buddhists venerate numerous Buddhas, more so than the Theravada tradition
Buddhist_deities
In Buddhism, mental states that cloud the mind
emotions, negative emotions, mind poisons, and neuroses. Currently in the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions, the three kleshas of ignorance, attachment
Kleshas_(Buddhism)
Early Buddhist school
Xuất thế thuyết bộ) was one of the early Buddhist schools according to Mahāyāna doxological sources compiled by Bhāviveka, Vinitadeva and others, and was
Lokottaravāda
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List_of_Telugu_films_of_2026
Vinaya Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism
Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana Buddhist Vinaya Sutra. The Chinese translation can be found in the Taishō
Brahmajāla_Sūtra
Celestial Buddha embodying emptiness
Sanskrit), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Sun), is a major Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. He is often compared to the Sun, because both bestow
Vairocana
Popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
The Heart Sūtra is a popular sūtra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom"
Heart_Sutra
Buddhist term
ཤིན་ཏུ་སྦྱང་བ་, Tibetan Wylie: shin tu sbyang ba, Pali: passaddhi) is a Mahayana Buddhist term translated as "pliancy", "flexibility", or "alertness". It
Praśrabhi
Method of spiritual practice
buddhayâna. Mahayana texts are very rich in images of vehicles that serve in metaphors for journeys to awakening. The tradition of Mahayana texts employing
Yana_(Buddhism)
Ancient Buddhist text
Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna traditions, as well as the means by which Mahāyāna doctrines would become accepted. The Mahāvibhāṣā defines the Mahāyāna teachings
Abhidharma_Mahāvibhāṣa_Śāstra
Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state" in Buddhism), is a Mahāyāna Chinese Buddhist tradition. It developed in China from the 6th century
Chan_Buddhism
Pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism
Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. Sukhavati is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and is the most well-known of the Mahayana Buddhist pure
Sukhavati
Formulaic summary of Buddhist doctrines
Mahayana commentaries. According to Makransky the Mahayana Bodhisattva ideal created tensions in the explanation of the four truths. In the Mahayana view
Four_Noble_Truths
Buddhist sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
The Diamond Sūtra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom')
Diamond_Sutra
Buddhism exist: the Theravada in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and the Mahayana in the Himalayas and East Asia, and the Vajrayana throughout Asia and specifically
History_of_Buddhism_in_India
Ethics and code of conduct in Buddhism
foundations of sīla, dāna, and bhavana. It is also the second pāramitā in Mahayana Buddhism. Sīla is the wholehearted commitment to what is wholesome that
Buddhist_ethics
Buddhist traditions and texts dating from the 3rd century BCE onwards
Abhidharma remains an important field of scholarship among the Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna schools of Buddhism. The Belgian Indologist Étienne Lamotte
Abhidharma
Mahayana Buddhist treatise
large and influential doctrinal compendium, associated with Sanskritic Mahāyāna Buddhism (particularly Yogācāra). According to Ulrich Timme Kragh, it is
Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra
term that is translated as "heedlessness", "carelessness", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, pramāda is defined to not apply oneself earnestly and carefully
Pramāda
interpretation of the doctrine of ahimsa. Mahayana Buddhists similarly practice vegetarianism and Mahayana Buddhism prohibits the killing of animals.
Animal rights in Indian religions
Animal_rights_in_Indian_religions
Hell in Buddhist mythologies
naraka appear in Jātaka texts and form the basis of the hell system in Mahayana Buddhism. According to them, the hells are located deep under the southern
Naraka_(Buddhism)
Esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism
Mantramārga ('Path of Mantra') in Hinduism, Mantrayāna ('Mantra Vehicle') in Mahayana Buddhism. In Buddhism, the Vajrayana traditions focuses on tantric ideas
Tantra
Buddhist bodhisattva
central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra, which presents him as the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner") and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha
Vimalakirti
Hinduism Goddess Nang Kwak of Tai folk religion Lord Caishen of Chinese folk religion and Taoism Lord Vaiśravaṇa of Mahayana Gods and goddesses of fortune
List_of_fortune_deities
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Glossary_of_Buddhism
Early Buddhist school
which has been found in their Dīrgha Āgama, their Vinaya, and in some Mahāyāna sūtras. These twelve divisions are: Sūtra, Geya, Vyākaraṇa, Gāthā, Udāna
Dharmaguptaka
Philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent
used only in Mahayana to refer to non-Mahayana traditions). The Mahayana schools accepted the Mahayana sutras and studied the works of Mahayana philosophers
Indian_philosophy
Buddhist stages of enlightenment
In Mahayana Buddhism, bhūmi (Sanskrit; foundation, ground, level, stage, Chinese: 地) or bodhisattva-bhūmi refers to the progressive levels of spiritual
Bhūmi_(Buddhism)
Incorrigible unbeliever in Mahayana Buddhism
In Mahayana Buddhism the icchantika (一闡提) is an incorrigible unbeliever who lacks faith in Buddhism and has no prospect of attaining enlightenment. According
Icchantika
Sanskrit or Buddhist term that is translated as "jealousy" or "envy"
unwholesome mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings One of the five poisons within the Mahayana tradition Belonging to the category of
Īrṣyā
Appearance of the Buddha
supplemented by another 80 secondary characteristics (Pali:Anubyanjana). In Mahāyāna Buddhism, including the traditions of esoteric Buddhism, the 32 major characteristics
Physical characteristics of the Buddha
Physical_characteristics_of_the_Buddha
sutra ("Explanation of prophecy [for king] Ajitasena") is a 'proto-Mahayana' sutra, found near Gilgit in 1931. The manuscript itself dates to about
Ajitasena_Sutra
Buddhist rituals used to consecrate images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas
Mahayana sutras Pali Canon Chinese Buddhist canon Tibetan Buddhist canon Dhammapada Sutra Vinaya Madhyamakālaṃkāra Abhidharmadīpa Branches Mahayana Zen
Buddhābhiṣeka
School of Mahayana Buddhism established and practiced in China
an East Asian Buddhist school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China. Drawing from earlier Mahāyāna sources such as Madhyamaka, founded
Tiantai
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