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(Buddhism) A school of Buddhism widely practised in East Asia and Vietnam which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, recognizes a broader array of buddhas and bodhisattvas, and whose spiritual objective is to achieve Buddhahood and liberate other beings, rather than simply to achieve personal enlightenment, as in Theravada Buddhism.
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Mahayana
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Mahayana
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Proper noun
(Buddhism)
A
school
of
Buddhism
widely
practised
in
East
Asia
and
Vietnam
which
accepts
non-Pali
canon
scriptures,
recognizes
a
broader
array
of
buddhas
and
bodhisattvas,
and
whose
spiritual
objective
is
to
achieve
Buddhahood
and
liberate
other
beings,
rather
than
simply
to
achieve
personal
enlightenment,
as
in
Theravada
Buddhism.
Japanese Meaning
大乗仏教：東アジアやベトナムなどで広く実践されている仏教の一派。パーリ仏典以外の経典をも受け入れ、より多様な仏や菩薩を認め、個人の悟りを超えて仏となり、他者の解放を目指すという精神的な目標を特徴とする。
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(Buddhism)
A
school
of
Buddhism
widely
practised
in
East
Asia
and
Vietnam
which
accepts
non-Pali
canon
scriptures,
recognizes
a
broader
array
of
buddhas
and
bodhisattvas,
and
whose
spiritual
objective
is
to
achieve
Buddhahood
and
liberate
other
beings,
rather
than
simply
to
achieve
personal
enlightenment,
as
in
Theravada
Buddhism.
