Mahayanist
adjective
relating or adhering to Mahayana, a major strand of Buddhism.
Mahayanists
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pluralof Mahayanist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some Mahayanists believe in the existence of real Self instead of individual self, as we see in Mahaparinirvana-sutra, whose author says: "There is real self in non-self."
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya
Perhaps some compromise based on geography was arranged, such as that Kashmir should be left to the Sarvâstivâdin school which had long flourished there, but that no opposition should be offered to the Mahayanists elsewhere.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
He states that the professors of the Abhidharma and Vinaya made offerings to those works, and the Mahayanists to the book Prajñâ-pâramitâ, as well as to Mañjuśrî and Kwan-shih-yin.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
This is the piety of Mahayanists, especially of Zenists.
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya
In the same way Vedantists and Mahayanists can offer no explanation of Maya or whatever is the power which makes the universe of phenomena.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
