Mahayana

“Hinayana” has become a collective term for 18 Buddhist schools, only one of which is currently extant and with scriptures in Pali, Theravada. “Mahayana” similarly spans several schools, not all of which have scriptures in classical Sanskrit.

Progress made on the spiritual path occurs through a combination of both linear and nonlinear models. Learn the sources of these models in the teachings and how they fit together.

When we understand different schools properly from their own points of view, we develop a great deal of respect for all of the teachings of the Buddha.

The Mahayana tradition of the four close placements of mindfulness correlates each of the four in terms of one of the four noble truths for countering one of the four discordant ways of paying attention to our five aggregates.

This presentation is the basic explanation of karma of the Chittamatra, Sautrantika and Yogachara-Svatantrika Indian tenet systems, based on texts of Asanga and Vasubandhu.

The four immeasurable attitudes, also known as “the four Brahma abodes,” are found in the various Hinayana, Mahayana and Bon traditions. Different schools and texts interpret them slightly differently.

The ten far-reaching attitudes are states of mind that bring bodhisattvas to enlightenment. Although shravakas may also develop these attitudes, they are not considered “far-reaching” unless they are conjoined with a bodhichitta aim.