Mahayana

Mahayana (Sanskrit: महायान, mahāyāna, „mahā“ hoasst „gross“ „yāna“ hoasst „Wogn“ oda „Weg“, oisdann Grossa Wogn bzw. Grossa Weg) is de Bezeichung fia oane vo de drei Haptrichtunga vom Buddhismus. S Mahayana untateit in Buddhismus in Hinayana und Mahayana. Da Vajrayana zejd zan Mahayana.

Da Mahayana Buddhismus hod se vo Indien aus vabroadd, zeascht amoi af China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, and Mongolei. Zan Mahayana Buddhismus heidingdogs zejn da Zen, da Amitabha-Buddhismus (Bhuddhismus vom Reinen Land), da Tiantai, da Nichiren und aa de esoterischn bddhistischn Iwaliafarunga vo Shingon, da Tendai-shū und da Tibetischa Buddhismus.

D Mahayana Tradition is de gresste vo de zwoa wichtigstn Haptrichunga vom Buddhismus, wos heidingdogs no gibt. De anda is d Iwaliafarung vo da Theravada-Schui. Im Mahayana gehts aa um de Suach noch Ealeichtung (Nirvana) zum Woi vo oin empfindsaman Wesn. Deshoib nennt ma s Mahayana aa "Bodhisattvayana", oda in Bodhisattva-Wogn.^[1]

↑ "The Mahayana, 'Great Vehicle' or 'Great Carriage' (for carrying all beings to nirvana), is also, and perhaps more correctly and accurately, known as the Bodhisattvayana, the bodhisattvas vehicle." - Warder, A.K. (3rd edn. 1999). Indian Buddhism: p. 338

[1] "The Mahayana, 'Great Vehicle' or 'Great Carriage' (for carrying all beings to nirvana), is also, and perhaps more correctly and accurately, known as the Bodhisattvayana, the bodhisattvas vehicle." - Warder, A.K. (3rd edn. 1999). Indian Buddhism: p. 338

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