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|Glossary-Term=Mahāyāna | |Glossary-Term=Mahāyāna | ||
| + | |Glossary-HoverChoices=Mahāyāna | ||
|FeaturedPeople=Nāgārjuna;Asaṅga;Śāntideva | |FeaturedPeople=Nāgārjuna;Asaṅga;Śāntideva | ||
|Glossary-Tibetan=ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། | |Glossary-Tibetan=ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། | ||
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|Glossary-EnglishRB=greater approach | |Glossary-EnglishRB=greater approach | ||
|Glossary-EnglishIW=great vehicle | |Glossary-EnglishIW=great vehicle | ||
| + | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
| + | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | ||
|Glossary-Definition=Mahāyāna or Great Vehicle refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era focussing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through realisation of the wisdom of emptiness and cultivation of compassion. | |Glossary-Definition=Mahāyāna or Great Vehicle refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era focussing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through realisation of the wisdom of emptiness and cultivation of compassion. | ||
|Glossary-Senses=It is known as Great Vehicle in comparison to the earlier schools of Buddhism which aimed only to reach individual liberation. Thus, this system claims to be superior to the early Buddhist schools in terms of the philosophical understanding of reality and the moral scope of rescuing all sentient being. | |Glossary-Senses=It is known as Great Vehicle in comparison to the earlier schools of Buddhism which aimed only to reach individual liberation. Thus, this system claims to be superior to the early Buddhist schools in terms of the philosophical understanding of reality and the moral scope of rescuing all sentient being. | ||
|Glossary-RelatedTopics=https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/49751/nojs | |Glossary-RelatedTopics=https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/49751/nojs | ||
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Revision as of 23:07, 5 October 2020
| Key Term | Mahāyāna |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | Mahāyāna |
| Featured People | Nāgārjuna, Asaṅga, Śāntideva |
| In Tibetan Script | ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | theg pa chen po |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | महायान |
| Romanized Sanskrit | mahāyāna |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | thekpa chenpo |
| Chinese Script | 大乘 |
| Chinese Pinyin | dasheng |
| English Standard | Great Vehicle |
| Richard Barron's English Term | greater approach |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | great vehicle |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Mahāyāna or Great Vehicle refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era focussing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through realisation of the wisdom of emptiness and cultivation of compassion. |
| Has the Sense of | It is known as Great Vehicle in comparison to the earlier schools of Buddhism which aimed only to reach individual liberation. Thus, this system claims to be superior to the early Buddhist schools in terms of the philosophical understanding of reality and the moral scope of rescuing all sentient being. |
| Related Topic Pages | https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/49751/nojs |
| Definitions | |