Definitions from Wiktionary (Mahayana)
▸ noun: (Buddhism) A school of Buddhism widely practised in East Asia and Vietnam which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, recognizes a broader array of buddhas and bodhisattvas, and whose spiritual objective is to achieve Buddhahood and liberate other beings, rather than simply to achieve personal enlightenment, as in Theravada Buddhism.
mahayana buddhism,
mahayana buddhist,
Mahayana sutras,
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition,
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▸ noun: (Buddhism) A school of Buddhism widely practised in East Asia and Vietnam which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, recognizes a broader array of buddhas and bodhisattvas, and whose spiritual objective is to achieve Buddhahood and liberate other beings, rather than simply to achieve personal enlightenment, as in Theravada Buddhism.
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Mahāmāyūrī,
Mahāpratisarā,
Padmasambhāva,
Mandāravā,
Amitābha,
Tārā,
Maya,
Vairocana,
Mahāsthāmaprāpta,
Aryadeva,
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