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Mahāyāna and goal
By the power of his vows, Amitābha has made it possible for all who call upon him to be reborn into this land, there to undergo instruction by him in the dharma and ultimately become bodhisattvas and buddhas in their turn ( the ultimate goal of Mahāyāna Buddhism ).
In Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism, the goal of Buddhist practice is primarily to be reborn infinite numbers of times to liberate all those other beings still trapped in samsāra.
Practitioners of the Mahāyāna make it their primary goal to develop a genuine, uncontrived bodhicitta which remains within their mindstreams continuously without having to rely on conscious effort.

Mahāyāna and spiritual
It has also been influential in Mahāyāna for its inclusiveness and respect of non-clergy, as well as stating the equal role of Buddhist women, who are considered to have as much spiritual potential as ordained male monks.
The complete work comprises five major sections: the seventeen levels ( bāhu-bhūmi ) which covers the entire range of mental and spiritual levels in Buddhism according to Mahāyāna ; the Compendium of Definitions ( viniścaya-samgraha ) which discusses and explicates aspects of the bāhu-bhūmi portion ; the Compendium of Exegesis ( vivarana-samgraha ), a manual of hermeneutical and exegetical techniques ; the Compendium of Synonyms ( paryāya-samgraha ) defining many of the various strings of quasi-synonymical expressions found in the Agamas ; the Compendium of Topics ( vastu-samgraha ) summarizing and explaining the key topics of each sūtra contained in the Samyukta-āgama ; and the Compendium of the Vinaya ( vinaya-samgraha ).

Mahāyāna and development
The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra was an influential sutra in the development of the Buddha-nature thought.
Moreover, Hīnayāna refers to the now non extant schools with limited set of views, practices and results, prior to the development of the Mahāyāna traditions.
Many scholars also look to the Mahāsāṃghika branch for the initial development of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
The history of Buddhism is also characterized by the development of numerous movements, schisms, and schools, among them the Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna traditions, with contrasting periods of expansion and retreat.

Mahāyāna and is
Mahāyāna Buddhism is based principally upon the path of a bodhisattva.
" The contains a simple and brief definition for the term bodhisattva, which is also the earliest known Mahāyāna definition.
In Mahāyāna Buddhism life in this world is compared to people living in a house that is on fire.
According to some Mahāyāna sources a bodhisattva is someone on the path to full Buddhahood.
Hīnayāna is contrasted with Mahāyāna, which means the " Great Vehicle.
According to Jan Nattier, it is most likely that the term Hīnayāna post-dates the term Mahāyāna, and was only added at a later date due to antagonism and conflict between bodhisattvas and śrāvakas.
The earliest Mahāyāna texts often use the term Mahāyāna as an epithet and synonym for Bodhisattvayāna, but the term Hīnayāna is comparatively rare in early texts, and is usually not found at all in the earliest translations.
There is no evidence that Mahāyāna ever referred to a separate formal school of Buddhism, but rather that it existed as a certain set of ideals, and later doctrines, for bodhisattvas.
Explaining their doctrinal affiliations, he then writes, " Which of the four schools should be grouped with the Mahāyāna or with the Hīnayāna is not determined.
" That is to say, there was no simple correspondence between a Buddhist school and whether its members learn " Hīnayāna " or " Mahāyāna " teachings.
Instead, what is demonstrated in the definition of Hīnayāna given by Yijing, is that the term referred to individuals based on doctrinal differences with the Mahāyāna tradition.
Scholar Isabelle Onians asserts that although " the Mahāyāna ... very occasionally referred contemptuously to earlier Buddhism as the Hinayāna, the Inferior Way ," " the preponderance of this name in the secondary literature is far out of proportion to occurrences in the Indian texts.
Guānyīn is a translation from the Sanskrit Avalokitasvara, referring to the Mahāyāna bodhisattva of the same name.
Additionally, Tan Chung notes that according to the doctrines of the Mahāyāna sūtras themselves, it does not matter whether Guanyin is male, female, or genderless, as the ultimate reality is in emptiness ( Skt.
This presentation is called the " Three Higher Trainings " in Mahāyāna Buddhism: higher moral discipline, higher concentration and higher wisdom.
Nichiren Buddhism ( 日蓮系諸宗派: Nichiren-kei sho shūha ) is a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist reformer Nichiren ( 1222 – 1282 ).
Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
From studying his writings, it is clear that Nāgārjuna was conversant with many of the Śrāvaka philosophies and with the Mahāyāna tradition.
If the most commonly accepted attribution of texts ( that of Christian Lindtner ) holds, then he was clearly a Māhayānist, but his philosophy holds assiduously to the Śrāvaka canon, and while he does make explicit references to Mahāyāna texts, he is always careful to stay within the parameters set out by the Śrāvaka canon.

Mahāyāna and enlightenment
Some bodhicitta practices emphasize the absolute ( e. g. vipaśyanā ), while others emphasize the relative ( e. g. metta ), but both aspects are seen in all Mahāyāna practice as essential to enlightenment, especially in the Tibetan practices of tonglen and lojong.
Mahāyāna Buddhism teaches that the broader motivation of achieving one's own enlightenment " in order to help all sentient beings " is the best possible motivation one can have for any action, whether it be working in one's vocation, teaching others, or even making an incense offering.

Mahāyāna and Buddhahood
Tibetan Buddhism teaches methods for achieving Buddhahood more quickly by including the Vajrayāna path in Mahāyāna.

Mahāyāna and most
Altogether, Dharmaraksa translated around 154 Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna sutras, representing most of the important texts of Buddhism available in the Western Regions.
Pure Land Buddhism (;, Jōdo bukkyō ; Korean:, jeongtojong ; Vietnamese: ), also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism and currently one of the most popular traditions of Buddhism in East Asia.
It is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects ( Theravāda, Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna ), and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an event that will take place when the Dharma will have been forgotten on Earth.
In fact, his commentary on the Awakening of Faith helped to make it one of the most influential and intensively studied texts in the East Asian Mahāyāna tradition.
He wrote commentaries on virtually all of the most influential Mahāyāna scriptures, altogether including over eighty works in over two hundred fascicles.
The reason given for the late disclosure of the Mahāyāna teachings is that most people were initially unable to understand the Mahāyāna sutras at the time of the Buddha ( 500 BCE ) and suitable recipients for these teachings had still to arise amongst humankind.
A handful of them, such as the Prajñāpāramitā sutras like the Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, are considered fundamental by most Mahāyāna traditions.
The Lotus Sūtra ( Sanskrit: ) is one of the most popular and influential Mahāyāna sūtras, and the basis on which the Tiantai and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.
This is the most " personalist " depiction of the tathāgatagarbha encountered in any of the chief Tathāgatagarbha sutras and is imagistically reminiscent of Mahāyāna descriptions of the Buddha himself sitting in the lotus posture within his own mother's womb prior to birth: " luminous, glorious, gracious, beautiful to see, seated with his legs crossed " and shining " like pure gold ..."
Two of the most important Mahāyāna philosophers, Asaṅga and Vasubandhu, in the Śrāvakabhūmi chapter of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra and the Abhidharma-kośa, respectively, make it clear that they consider ānāpānasmṛti a profound practice leading to vipaśyanā ( in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha in the Sutra pitika ).
Scholars have identified Mañjuśrī as the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahāyāna literature.
From a largely English language standpoint, and to some extent in most of Western academia, Buddhism is separated into two groups at its foundation: Theravāda literally, " the Teaching of the Elders " or " the Ancient Teaching " and Mahāyāna.
The most common classification among scholars is threefold, with Mahāyāna split into East Asian ( also known simply as Mahāyāna ) and Vajrayāna, which includes Tibetan Buddhism and the Japanese Shingon school.
The Sarvāstivādin school was most prominent in the north-west of India and provided some of the doctrines that would later be adopted by the Mahāyāna.
The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects ( Theravāda, Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna ) and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an actual event that will take place in the distant future.
Among the most important source texts on bodhichitta, within the Mahāyāna tradition in which the teaching arose, are:
Altogether, Dharmaraksa translated around 154 Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna sutras, representing most of the important texts of Buddhism available in the western regions.
Among them are a number of āgama texts ( i. e., non-Mahāyāna sūtras corresponding to scriptures found in the sutta section of the Pāli canon ), didactic verses ( including a version of the Dharmapada and of the * Arthapada, corresponding to the Pāli Aṭṭhakavagga ), a biography of the Buddha, and several Mahāyāna sūtras, of which some of the most famous are the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa, the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha ( dealing with the Pure Land of Amitābha ), the Shorter Perfection of Wisdom scripture ( corresponding to the Sanskrit Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā ), and an early version of what subsequently became the Buddhāvataṃsaka.

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