檢視 Mahayana 大乘的原始碼

'''Mahayana''' (Skt. ''mahāyāna''; Tib. [[ཐེག་ཆེན་]] ''tekpa chenpo''; [[Wyl.]] ''theg pa chen po'') — the great or universal vehicle. The essence of the mahayana is the aspiration to attain [[buddhahood]] as the only means to help all beings find liberation from [[suffering]]. This aspiration is called [[bodhichitta]], the ‘heart of enlightened mind’, and is realized on both an absolute and relative level.

==Teachings==
Central to the Mahayana is the teaching on [[emptiness]] or ''shunyata'' as set forth in the Prajnaparamita sutras and elaborated upon in the writings of [[Nagarjuna]] and his followers. 

==Literature==
Mahayana [[sutra]]s include large texts such as the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'' or the ''[[Lotus Sutra]]'', and the important collection of [[Prajnaparamita]] sutras. The most important Mahayana treatises are those composed by Nagarjuna and [[Asanga]]. 

==Subschools==
The two major branches of philosophy within the Mahayana are the [[Madhyamika|Middle Way]] (Skt. ''Madhyamika'') and the [[Mind Only]] (Skt. ''Cittamatra''). 

==Alternative Translations==
*Great vehicle
*Universal vehicle (Robert Thurman)

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