Buddhism
Early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism II: New Perspectives
By , University of Manitoba (December 2009)
Sections: Buddhism
Subjects: Indian Traditions, Religion.
Places: Asia, Southern Asia, India.
Periods: 3500 BCE - 1 CE, 250 BCE - 1 CE, 1 - 999 CE.
Abstract
Part 1 of this article surveyed and appraised recent developments in the study of early Indian Mahāyāna. Part 2 continues by presenting a number of new perspectives on the nature of this movement, the practices it advocated, and the preachers, known as , that seem to have been its primary agents. An appendix discusses the use of terms such as Mahāyāna, Theravāda, Hīnayāna, and Mainstream Buddhism.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00193.x
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