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− | + | '''''Mahayana'''''. 'Greater vehicle.' When using the term 'greater and lesser vehicles,' Mahayana and [[Hinayana]], Mahayana includes the tantric vehicles while [[Hinayana]] is comprised of the teachings for [[Sravakas]] and [[Pratyekabuddhas]]. The connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to the scope of aspiration, the methods applied and the depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the [[Bodhisattva]] vow to liberate all sentient beings through [[means and knowledge]], [[Compassion]] and [[Insight]] into [[Emptiness]]. Mahayana's two divisions are known as [[Mind-Only]] and [[Middle Way]]. The sevenfold greatness of Mahayana mentioned in [[Maitreya]]'s Ornament of the Sutras are explained by Jamgön Kongtrül in his All-encompassing Knowledge: "The greatness of focus on the immense collection of Mahayana teachings, the greatness of the means of accomplishing the welfare of both self and others, the greatness of [[wisdom]] which realizes the twofold egolessness, the greatness of diligent endeavor for three incalculable aeons, the greatness of skillful means such as not abandoning samsaric existence and enacting the seven unvirtuous actions of body and speech without disturbing emotions, the greatness of true accomplishment of the [[Ten Strengths]], the [[Fourfold Fearlessness]], and the unique qualities of the awakened ones, and the greatness of activity which is spontaneous and unceasing." See ([[theg pa chen po]]) [RY] |
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Mahayana. 'Greater vehicle.' When using the term 'greater and lesser vehicles,' Mahayana and Hinayana, Mahayana includes the tantric vehicles while Hinayana is comprised of the teachings for Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. The connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to the scope of aspiration, the methods applied and the depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the Bodhisattva vow to liberate all sentient beings through means and knowledge, Compassion and Insight into Emptiness. Mahayana's two divisions are known as Mind-Only and Middle Way. The sevenfold greatness of Mahayana mentioned in Maitreya's Ornament of the Sutras are explained by Jamgön Kongtrül in his All-encompassing Knowledge: "The greatness of focus on the immense collection of Mahayana teachings, the greatness of the means of accomplishing the welfare of both self and others, the greatness of wisdom which realizes the twofold egolessness, the greatness of diligent endeavor for three incalculable aeons, the greatness of skillful means such as not abandoning samsaric existence and enacting the seven unvirtuous actions of body and speech without disturbing emotions, the greatness of true accomplishment of the Ten Strengths, the Fourfold Fearlessness, and the unique qualities of the awakened ones, and the greatness of activity which is spontaneous and unceasing." See (theg pa chen po) [RY]
Pages in category "Mahayana"
The following 166 pages are in this category, out of 666 total.
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- Sacred Outlook
- Sacred Truth
- Sadaprarudita
- Sadhana Practice
- Samantabhadri
- Samayamudra
- Sambhogakaya
- Samkhya
- Samsara and Nirvana
- Samsaric Existence
- Sarma
- Sarvastivadin
- Sautrantika
- Self-Cognizance
- Self-entity
- Self-existing Awareness
- Self-existing Wakefulness
- Self-knowing
- Self-nature
- Seven Bodhi Factors
- Seven Branches
- Seven Branches of Enlightenment
- Seven Thought States of Delusion
- Seven Types of Attention
- Seven Types of Individual Liberation
- Shamatha and Vipashyana
- Shastra
- Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal
- Shentong
- Sherab Özer
- Shravakayana
- Shravasti
- Siddha
- siddhis
- Singularity
- Six Classes of Beings
- Six Collections
- Six Dharmas of Sugatagarbha
- Six Mindfulnesses
- Six recollections
- Sixty-two Wisdom Deities
- Skandhas
- Skillful Means
- Sounds, Colors and Lights
- Space-Dharma
- Spontaneous Presence
- Sravakas
- Statement and Realization
- Sthaviras
- Sthiramati
- Stillness, Occurrence, and Awareness
- Subhuti
- Subtle Dissolution Stage
- Sudden Enlightenment
- Suffering upon Suffering
- Sugata Essence
- Sugatagarbha
- Sugatas
- Superior Intention
- Superior Two Truths
- Supreme Realization
- Sutra Mahamudra
- Svabhavikakaya
- Svatantrika
- System of Bodhichitta
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- Tangyur
- Tara
- Tathagata
- Ten Bhumis
- Ten Mindfulnesses
- Ten Paramitas
- Ten Powers
- Ten Riches
- Ten Strengths
- The Paths
- The Three Jewels
- The Twenty-four Sacred Places
- The Universe
- Theravadin Buddhism
- Thirty-seven Factors
- Three Aspects of Ignorance
- Three Dissolution Stages
- Three Gates
- Three Kayas
- Three Lower Realms
- Three Mandalas of Anu Yoga
- Three Meditation Moods
- Three Neighs of Hayagriva
- Three Protectors of the Gelugpa Tradition
- Three Roots
- Three Stages of Existence
- Three States of Existence
- Three Tattvas
- Three Times
- Three Types of Conventional Truth
- Three Types of Mudra
- Three Vajra Secrets
- Threefold Wisdom
- Time of the Ground
- Togal
- Transcendence of Wisdom
- Translator
- Trekcho
- True Goal
- Truth of Cessation
- Truths of Purity and Equality
- Tseringma
- Tummo
- Turning of the Wheel
- Tushita
- Tutelary Deity
- Twenty Defects of Bustle
- Twenty-five Tantras of the Great Perfection
- Twenty-two Types of Bodhichitta
- Two Benefits
- Two Chariots
- Two Kinds of Ultimate Truth
- Two Veils
- Two Wisdoms
- Twofold Purity
- Twofold Welfare