Associations to the word «Mahayana»
Noun
- Sutra
- Buddhism
- Buddhist
- Buddha
- Nirvana
- Pali
- Confucianism
- Tibetan
- Dharma
- Zen
- Hinduism
- Awakening
- Hindu
- Sanskrit
- Emptiness
- Tibet
- Compassion
- Enlightenment
- Precept
- Sect
- Scripture
- Lotus
- Mantra
- Meditation
- Vietnamese
- Brahman
- Lama
- Tradition
- Monk
- Pantheon
- Ordination
- Bud
- Teaching
- Perfection
- Doctrine
- Pagan
- Cham
- Laos
- Vow
- Eating
- Brahma
- Southeast
- Chinese
- Yin
- Canon
- Siam
- Adherent
- Veneration
- Iconography
- Bali
- Wisdom
- Catholicism
- Monastery
- Orthodoxy
- Myanmar
- Chan
- Islamic
- Text
- Practitioner
- Ceylon
- Follower
- Brunei
- Eternal
- Lineage
- Vietnam
- Deity
- Resurgence
- Malay
- Commentary
- Preservation
- Javanese
- Ideal
- Kingship
- Thailand
Adjective
Wiktionary
MAHAYANA, proper noun. (Buddhism) A school of Buddhism widely practised in China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia. It literally means "Great Vehicle" and teaches that all can achieve salvation, and has more emphasis on social concerns, in general, than Theravada.
Dictionary definition
MAHAYANA, noun. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia.
MAHAYANA, noun. One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.