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  • yanas in Sanskrit) of Buddhism: Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. ... Tibetan Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition, meaning that the ...
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  • Mudrās (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally "seal") are religious gestures, normally made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation ...
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  • practice). In countries that follow Mahayana Buddhism, it has been impractical ... sentient beings is greatly emphasized in Mahayana as one of the perfections ...
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  • develop personal ethical discipline. In Mahayana Buddhism, the term "sangha ... quot; are to be taken by all followers of Mahayana Buddhism; these vows develop ...
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  • Bhutan, China, Korea, and Japan, in which Mahayana Buddhism prevailed. ... highly influenced by the development of Mahayana Buddhism, an inclusive faith ...
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  • C.E.. Buddhism had largely shifted to Mahayana doctrine and the region ... 29, were excavated during the Vakataka or Mahayana phase. The last cave was ...
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  • *Williams, Paul. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. ISBN ... htm The Lankavatara Sutra: A Mahayana Text] title=Chinese Ch'an ...
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  • become a master of the teachings of Mahayana, Hinayana, and Vajrayana ... young Atisha in the basic principles of Mahayana Buddhism, Jetari advised ...
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  • Hindu notion of "self" (atman). Mahayana Buddhism extends the third ... unreality of the manifested universe. Mahayana Buddhism denies being in ...
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  • moha (delusion). In the later school of Mahayana Buddhism, the status of ... The result is that according to Mahayana Buddhism, the Arahant attains ...
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  • ==Mahayana Buddhist views== In the diverse schools of Mahayana Buddhism, a mixed attitude to the ...
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  • attachments to aggregates. In the Mahayana (Madhyamika) tradition of ... ==Theravada and Mahayana perspectives== In Theravada Buddhism, the ...
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  • eighth to tenth centuries. During this time, Mahayana and tantric ideas were imported into Tibet and assimilated with local religious practices to develop ...
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  • with Jayavarman's conversion Mahayana Buddhism from Hinduism. ... of Vishnu. And Buddhism, in both its Mahayana and Theravada varieties. ...
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  • are unreal. Sutyasoma adhered to the Mahayana view that all dharmas are ... and Aryadeva, and rapidly assimilated Mahayana teachings. He insisted that ...
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  • by the doctrine of Mappō, a largely Mahayana eschatology that claims ... the bodhisattva path, a characteristic of Mahayana Buddhism, or shinjin. ...
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  • (aimed at personal enlightenment), Mahayana (the "great vehicle ... best known are Beyond Life and Death and Mahayana-Sutra. These books explain ...
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  • Both Theravada (the way of the elders) and the later Mahayana Buddhism ... A case in point is the Mahayana doctrine of the three bodies (trikaya ...
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  • In Gandhara, Mahayana Buddhism flourished and Buddha was represented ... translation work of both Theravada and Mahayana scriptures. Some of the ...
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  • stage, gradually Buddha began to teach Mahayana (the Great Vehicle) Buddhism ... and even in most of the teachings of Mahayana (the Great Vehicle), salvation ...
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