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... MAHĀYĀNA Arising in India , the Mahāyāna version of Buddhism spread to Central Asia , China , Japan , mainland South- east Asia , Java , Sumatra , and even Sri Lanka ( Abhayagiri monastery ) . It became the Pan - Asiatic form of ...
... MAHĀYĀNA Arising in India , the Mahāyāna version of Buddhism spread to Central Asia , China , Japan , mainland South- east Asia , Java , Sumatra , and even Sri Lanka ( Abhayagiri monastery ) . It became the Pan - Asiatic form of ...
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... Mahāyāna devotional schools ( see below Saddharmapundarika and Nichiren ) . In many Mahāyāna texts buddhas are infinite , and all partake of an identical nature - the dharma - kāya . As anticipated in ancient schools , the Buddha is the ...
... Mahāyāna devotional schools ( see below Saddharmapundarika and Nichiren ) . In many Mahāyāna texts buddhas are infinite , and all partake of an identical nature - the dharma - kāya . As anticipated in ancient schools , the Buddha is the ...
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... Mahāyāna sutras . The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka ( “ Lotus of the Good Law " ) , a text existing before the 2nd century AD , reveals a great theophany ( divine manifestation ) of Śākyamuni as glo- rified lord of the universe . The text of the ...
... Mahāyāna sutras . The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka ( “ Lotus of the Good Law " ) , a text existing before the 2nd century AD , reveals a great theophany ( divine manifestation ) of Śākyamuni as glo- rified lord of the universe . The text of the ...
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