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Definition of Mahayana buddhism
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Buddhism
Specialized synonyms: Yogacara
Derivative terms: Mahayanist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahayana Buddhism
Literary usage of Mahayana buddhism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Student's Philosophy of Religion by William Kelley Wright (1922)
"VIII—Buddhism in China and Japan Not only has mahayana buddhism furnished
interesting parallels to Catholic Christianity. Among the various Buddhist sects ..."
2. Studies in Japanese Buddhism by August Karl Reischauer (1917)
"We do not mean to say that in Asoka's day any one of these three characteristics
of mahayana buddhism as distinguished from Hinayana Buddhism was fully ..."
3. China: An Interpretation by James Whitford Bashford (1919)
"At any rate, whatever its origin, mahayana buddhism adds to the earlier form of
Buddhism the distinctly theistic and Christian doctrine of help from God ..."
4. The Story of Buddhism by Kenneth James Saunders (1916)
"own effort; mahayana buddhism trusts also in the help of God. Primitive Buddhism
believed in countless transmigrations before Nirvana was reached ; Mahayana ..."
5. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"ASSK: I am a Theravada Buddhist but I respect mahayana buddhism as well ...
AC: What are the elements of mahayana buddhism that you respect? ..."
6. Message of the East by Cohasset (Mass.). Vedanta Centre (1922)
"We quote from one of the articles: "What is mahayana buddhism? Why do we have
more than one Buddhism? Why should Buddhism be divided into Northern and ..."
7. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"In Bhutan, the Drukpa sect of the Kagyupa School, a branch of mahayana buddhism,
is the state religion, and the law prohibits religious conversions. ..."
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