Search results for "Mahayana" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the letter of the law, in contrast to later Mahayana texts that emphasized the spirit, or essence, of moral law. A century later, it was introduced ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Mahayana Buddhism tends to be less ascetic in its orientation than Theravada Buddhism. The purpose of life for Theravadins is to become an arhat ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- has the Theravadin monasteries, the western has Mahayana and Vajrayana monasteries. The holy site of Lumbini includes the ruins of ancient monasteries ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- ===Mahayana Buddhist influence=== As Mahayana Buddhism emerged as a separate school in the fourth century ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- voidness, the empty nature of reality according to Mahayana doctrine. The inner class of dakini is the dakini of the mandala, a meditational deity (Tibetan:yidam ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- the temple takes the direction of a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple, its teachings represent a fusion of the "san-jiao" (three religion ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 20:14, 13 September 2023
- * De Silva, R. H. 2002. Sigiriya and its Significance: A Mahayana-Theravada Buddhist Monastery. Nawala: Bibliotheque. ISBN 9789558655016. ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Mahayana Buddhism together with Shakyamuni and fellow disciple Manjusri. The patron of the Lotus Sutra, Samantabhadra ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- samsaric world changed, and with it maya. The Mahayana Buddhist view of maya does not mark the world as an utterly meaningless realm of petty illusion ...13 KB (2,085 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- of the subcontinent (where the temple stands). Mahayana Buddhism flourished under the Palas between the eighth and the twelfth centuries. After the ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 05:24, 5 November 2022
- Buddhism developed new canons were prepared. The Mahayana Buddhist tradition produced sets of works thought (by Mahayana Buddhists) to be superior to ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- in direct opposition to nirvana, though the Mahayana and Vajrayana schools actually equate the two realms, considering them both to be devoid (or ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- against sexual misconduct. All Theravada and most Mahayana Buddhist orders of monks and nuns are expected to be celibate, and the violation of this state ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- of spiritual wisdom and compassion in both Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Thus, the Four Noble Truths are unifying principles in the world of ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- Buddhism (and therefore seems to represent Mahayana interests) and also explores his relationship with the monastic community (the sangha). Its account ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- movement was based on the insights revealed in the Mahayana Sutras and as systematized in the Madhyamaka and Chittamatrin schools of philosophy, but the ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 20:06, 21 April 2023
- of Buddhism also appear in Mỹ Sơn, as Mahayana Buddhism had become the foremost religion of the Champa in the tenth century. A few of the ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- on the other side, Theravadins criticized Mahayana Buddhism for being a degeneration ... difference lies in the fact that unlike Mahayana Buddhism, Advaita Vedānta ...32 KB (4,839 words) - 06:20, 15 June 2023
- of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana (Delhi, IN: Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1996, ISBN 8120809556), 223. Brahmanism competed in ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- Mahayana Buddhism lists the Six Perfections (şaţpāramitā in Sanskrit) in the Lotus Sutra, and they are dāna pāramitā (generosity), śīla ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
