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Meanings of mahayana in English
One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan.
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Mahaprajnya-paramita-sutra says The doctrine of unreality is the entrance-gate of Mahayana.
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This is the origin of a famous Mahayana book entitled Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya-sutra.
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Compare these books with 'Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism,' by D. Suzuki.
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This shows that the Mahayana sutras were composed after the establishment of early Buddhism.
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Nihilism is advocated in some Mahayana sutras, but others set forth idealism or realism.
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I tried to talk to a monk about the difference between Mahayana and Hinayana.
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Mahayana Buddhism, on the other hand, developed into a true popular religion of salvation.
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This is the eternal truth of the Mahayana doctrine.
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Next Zen makes use of Idealism as explained by the Dharmalaksana School of Mahayana Buddhism.
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Furthermore, Mahayana books closely related to the doctrine of Zen were not unknown to China before Bodhidharma.
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Some Mahayana sutras also enumerate the ten stages of Bodhisattva, while others give forty-one or fifty two stages.
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We were told over and over that only those who have completed the Mahayana stage can carry that out.
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The Mahayana Doctrine of Dharmalaksana.
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They say also that one who would venture to say the Mahayana books are fictitious should fall into Hell.
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We have to notice that the word Hinayana frequently occurs in Mahayana books, while it does not in Hinayana books.
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We have to note that there are some differences between the Mahayana doctrine of unreality and the Hinayana doctrine of unreality.