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Definition of Mahayana in English: Mahayana(also Mahayana Buddhism) noun ˌmɑː(h)əˈjɑːnəˌməhɑːˈjɑːnəˌmähəˈyänə mass nounOne of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practised especially in China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea. The tradition emerged around the 1st century AD and is typically concerned with personal spiritual practice and the ideal of the bodhisattva. 摩诃衍那；大乘（佛教两大不成文戒条之一，现有多种形式，主要流传于中国、日本和朝鲜；该派约于公元1世纪出现，通常强调个人修行以及修行成佛的理想）。比较THERAVADA Compare with Theravada Example sentencesExamples - The Mahayana tradition of Buddhism is dominant in Vietnam, and over 70 percent of Vietnamese consider themselves at least nominally Buddhist.
- It was Mahayana Buddhism that spread to China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
- In Mahayana Buddhism the starting point is complete emptiness - nothing at all.
- In the United States the dominant form of Buddhism is Mahayana Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism is confined to a few viharas.
- It depends upon the level of teachings that one is able to relate to, such as Mahayana or Hinayana.
- Although later Mahayana Buddhism virtually made the Buddha himself into a god, the historical Gautama Buddha (who lived in the fifth century BCE) never mentioned God.
- The general Mahayana, like the Hinayana, can be subdivided into two vehicles: the Paramitayana and the Mantrayana.
- The kind of Buddhism we follow - Mahayana Buddhism - has the ideal that you're in the middle of all of the defilement, chaos and unrest, but you're still concentrating.
- The Buddhist thought of the Three Kingdoms does not seem to have gone much beyond research into the texts of Hinayana and Mahayana.
- Buddhism was an influential religion throughout America by the 1970s, with Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism greatly influencing immigrants.
- Clearly, this ‘Zen ‘is different from Mahayana Buddhism that teaches compassion and wisdom.’
- Through practicing Mahayana, it is not easy to achieve the state of bliss or enlightenment.
- With proper motivation, any practice of Mahayana would have that benefit.
- The ‘Northern School,’ known as Mahayana Buddhism, is found most often in China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, and Vietnam.
- Historically, Bhutan had a theocratic system of government similar to that in Tibet, dominated by the Druk Buddhist sect of Mahayana Buddhism.
- The fifth century saw a Hindu kingdom established in Java and in the seventh century the kingdom of Srivijaya in south Sumatra was a major center of Mahayana Buddhism.
- Vietnamese Buddhists are almost always Mahayana Buddhists, the general school of Buddhism found in China, Japan, Korea, and Tibet.
- To help others and to create the basis for benefit is the main precept for Mahayana.
- Buddhism has survived even in communist China, while in Japan the Pure Land sects of Mahayana Buddhism remain popular.
- Many miraculous stories are told and many special ceremonies and art works relating to Avalokitesvara have made the Bodhisattva into a very central figure in Mahayana Buddhism.
OriginFrom Sanskrit, from mahā 'great' + yāna 'vehicle'. RhymesAfricana, Afrikaner, Americana, ana, banana, Botswana, bwana, cabana, caragana, Christiana, Dana, darner, Edwardiana, garner, Georgiana, Ghana, Gloriana, Guiana, gymkhana, Haryana, iguana, Lana, lantana, liana, Lipizzaner, Ljubljana, mana, mañana, marijuana, nirvana, Oriana, pacarana, piranha, prana, Purana, Rosh Hashana, Santayana, Setswana, sultana, Tatiana, Tijuana, Tirana, tramontana, Tswana, varna, Victoriana, zenana Definition of Mahayana in US English: Mahayana(also Mahayana Buddhism) nounˌmähəˈyänə One of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practiced in a variety of forms especially in China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea. The tradition emerged around the 1st century AD and is typically concerned with altruistically oriented spiritual practice as embodied in the ideal of the bodhisattva. 摩诃衍那；大乘（佛教两大不成文戒条之一，现有多种形式，主要流传于中国、日本和朝鲜；该派约于公元1世纪出现，通常强调个人修行以及修行成佛的理想）。比较THERAVADA Compare with Theravada Example sentencesExamples - With proper motivation, any practice of Mahayana would have that benefit.
- Clearly, this ‘Zen ‘is different from Mahayana Buddhism that teaches compassion and wisdom.’
- The Buddhist thought of the Three Kingdoms does not seem to have gone much beyond research into the texts of Hinayana and Mahayana.
- The general Mahayana, like the Hinayana, can be subdivided into two vehicles: the Paramitayana and the Mantrayana.
- Through practicing Mahayana, it is not easy to achieve the state of bliss or enlightenment.
- Vietnamese Buddhists are almost always Mahayana Buddhists, the general school of Buddhism found in China, Japan, Korea, and Tibet.
- The ‘Northern School,’ known as Mahayana Buddhism, is found most often in China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, and Vietnam.
- The kind of Buddhism we follow - Mahayana Buddhism - has the ideal that you're in the middle of all of the defilement, chaos and unrest, but you're still concentrating.
- Although later Mahayana Buddhism virtually made the Buddha himself into a god, the historical Gautama Buddha (who lived in the fifth century BCE) never mentioned God.
- To help others and to create the basis for benefit is the main precept for Mahayana.
- Many miraculous stories are told and many special ceremonies and art works relating to Avalokitesvara have made the Bodhisattva into a very central figure in Mahayana Buddhism.
- The Mahayana tradition of Buddhism is dominant in Vietnam, and over 70 percent of Vietnamese consider themselves at least nominally Buddhist.
- In Mahayana Buddhism the starting point is complete emptiness - nothing at all.
- In the United States the dominant form of Buddhism is Mahayana Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism is confined to a few viharas.
- Buddhism was an influential religion throughout America by the 1970s, with Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism greatly influencing immigrants.
- It depends upon the level of teachings that one is able to relate to, such as Mahayana or Hinayana.
- Historically, Bhutan had a theocratic system of government similar to that in Tibet, dominated by the Druk Buddhist sect of Mahayana Buddhism.
- Buddhism has survived even in communist China, while in Japan the Pure Land sects of Mahayana Buddhism remain popular.
- The fifth century saw a Hindu kingdom established in Java and in the seventh century the kingdom of Srivijaya in south Sumatra was a major center of Mahayana Buddhism.
- It was Mahayana Buddhism that spread to China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
OriginFrom Sanskrit, from mahā ‘great’ + yāna ‘vehicle’. |