Questions tagged [mahayana]
One of the two major vehicles of Buddhism.
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How do Theravāda and Mahāyāna explain the authenticity of their expanded canons?
Both Theravāda and Mahāyāna accept a core early Buddhist canon, yet each tradition also relies on additional bodies of literature
Theravāda on the commentaries (Aṭṭhakathā, Ṭīkā, and post-canonical ...
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Has Mahayana Buddhism ever rejected casteism?
I have read some early Buddhism sutras where the Buddha says birth doesn't make one noble, conduct does. Is there any sutra in Mahayana Buddhism that explicitly rejected "noble" status just ...
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Avalokitesvara vs Amitabha
Yesterday, I went on a psychedelic trip and felt loved and held by a divine presence, not lost, but ultimately belonging. It was so wonderful. I want to secure that feeling in my heart. I'm drawn to ...
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Is there an equivalent to Kundalini yoga within Mahayana or Vajrayana Buddhist systems?
Kundalini yoga, as described in certain Hindu tantric lineages, describes the process of awakening a dormant spiritual energy located at the base of the spine. This energy is said to rise through a ...
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Are there any systematic developments, medieval or modern, of Upadana and Tanha in Mahayana?
At the risk of being overly simplistic, it seems that Mahayana traditions have dedicated their intellectual efforts to developing the idea of Emptiness (śūnyatā), starting from Nagarjuna, through ...
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Is there any other Buddhism factions, that believe we are in an Ending Era of Buddhism (末法/Saddharma Vipralopa), except Jingtu?
Sorry; part of this question is described in Chinese, as I cannot find their Pali or Sanskrit script; even if I can, I can't read them.
The Saddharmapundarika Sutra (法华经) quoted Buddha (Sakyamuni ...
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Is Tulku (Living Buddha)'s reincarnation process determined by its Karma or by Willpower(Praṇidhāna)?
This question is inspired by this online video:
A lady asked a Rinpoche 3 questions, that translate to (a bit complicated logics here):
Is Tulku's (Living Buddha)'s reincarnation process predetermined ...
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Is the term Achala the same as Equanimity?
In some Traditions - possibly Mahayana and/or Tibetan - Achala is translated as the immovable, which is sometimes depicted as a diety. This seems quite similar to, or the same as, equanimity (Upekkha),...
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Words of Nagarjuna About Women
What is the meaning of "her way of turning her head" below?
By her smile and her looks,
Her pride and her false modesty,
Her way of turning her head or closing her eyes,
Her fine words and ...
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Does Mahayana Buddhism hold that the Buddha derived his Philosophy from Vedanta?
Professor VV Gokhale in a paper titled "The Vedanta-Philosophy described by Bhavya in his Madhyamakahrdaya" (Indo-Iranian Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1958) discusses a work named ...
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Did Buddha ever taught about the Trisvabhava?
I am learning Mahayana. Today I came across a question on web “ Why Buddha taught Trisvabhava or three natures?”.
I was surprised because reality is empty of any essence but I found the word svabhava ...
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On the Internet I found a claim of no self in a sutra. Is it true?
the Aṣṭādaśasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā:
Furthermore, Subhūti, you should know that a sentient being is nonexistent because a self is nonexistent. You should know that a living being, a creature, one ...
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Who qualifies as a bodhisattva?
Does a person cultivating bodhicitta qualify as a bodhisattva? Or to qualify as a bodhisattva, does one need to have levelled-up to some degree in the perfection of the great perfections.
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Seeking the sources for a story
I have heard the following story, from a source I do not consider very reliable. Are there sources for this story?
A Buddhist nun has killed a bandit deliberately (not in an act of self-defense, but ...
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How do Buddhists separate caste system from itself when Gautama Buddha was so casteist?
There has been many questions on whether Gautama Buddha was casteist or not. The answer to that is, of course he was.
Majjhima Nikaya
If, sometime or other, at the end of a long period, that fool ...
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