Barbara Nelson

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FirstName / namefirst	Barbara
LastName / namelast	Nelson
MainNamePhon	Barbara Nelson
bio	Dr. Barbara Nelson is a Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Her research interests include the history of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India, bodhisattva path and kshaanti (patience), Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, translation studies, Indian history and religions, and the policy and practice of secularism in India.
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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.