Buddhaśānta

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English Phonetics	Buddhaśānta
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Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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About

Biographical Information

Buddhaśānta. A north Indian *monk who went to *China in 511 CE where he cooperated with *Bodhiruci in translating the *Daśabhumika Sūtra. Later he worked on a version of the *Mahāyāna-saṃgraha and other texts. (Source: "Buddhaśānta." In A Dictionary of Buddhism, 45. Oxford University Press, 2003)

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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.