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Mahayana

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Term Mahayana

Referenced by:
Greater Vehicle (alternative term)
Vast Vehicle of Mind (alternative term)
Tibetan theg-chen
Sanskrit mahayana
Pali
Definition Literally, a "Vast Vehicle of Mind" - levels or states of mind that, with a vast motivation of bodhichitta, employ vast methods for reach the vast goal of enlightenment. Some translators render the term as "Greater Vehicle."

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic ماهايانا
German Mahayana
Italian Mahayana
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... Great Vehicle
Vietnamese Đại thừa