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MAHAYANA BUDDHISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mahayana Buddhism mean? 

MAHAYANA BUDDHISM (noun)
  The noun MAHAYANA BUDDHISM has 1 sense:

1. 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 Japanplay

  Familiarity information: MAHAYANA BUDDHISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAHAYANA BUDDHISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mahayana; Mahayana Buddhism

Hypernyms ("Mahayana Buddhism" is a kind of...):

Buddhism (the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mahayana Buddhism"):

Yogacara (one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness)


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