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
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