Mahayana

Redirected from Greater Vehicle

The set of Buddhist texts and practices that emphasize the bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Literally, a "Vast Vehicle of Mind" – levels or states of mind that, with a vast motivation of bodhichitta, employ vast methods to reach the vast goal of enlightenment.

Tibetan: ཐེག་ཆེན། theg-chen

Sanskrit: mahāyāna

J. Hopkins: Great vehicle

Synonyms: Great Vehicle; Greater Vehicle; Vast Vehicle; Vast Vehicle of Mind


Other languages

العربية: ماهايانا
Deutsch: Mahayana
Español: Mahayana
Italiano: Mahayana
Русский: Махаяна
Tiếng Việt: Đại thừa

Related articles

Top