The Mahavastu-avadana Forming the Genesis of Mahayana Buddhism

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The Mahavastu (great story) [by J. J. Jones]

The title Mahavastu, ‘the great subject,’ no doubt corresponds to the title of the Mahavagga, just as the Kshudravastu of the Sarvastivadins corresponds to the Cullavagga. But by the time the compilation was complete the emphasis had long been laid on the narrative parts of the subject. In almost all the colophons to the chapters the work is styled the Mahavastu-Avadana....

Read full contents: Foreword to the first volume

Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) [by Asokan N.]

At the Last period of spreading of Mahayana there developed two Mahayana Schools– Madhyamika School propounded by Nagarjuna and Vijnana-vada, expressed by Aryadeva, Nagarjuna s direct disciple. As in the case of the Advaita Vedanta which represents the heart of the Upanishads in Buddhism the teachings of Vaibhashika and Sautratika embody the teachings of Buddha, and it is the Madhyamika system that represents the heart of Buddhism....

Read full contents: Chapter 2.13 - The Mahayana Madhyamika system

Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature [by Truong Thi Thuy La]

A piece of the same title in the Mahavastu explains the ten stages (bhumi) of the bodhisartva course from a Theravada point of view. The two logographs of the title of the Mahavastu in its Chinese translation literally mean “great deed” or “great event,” referring to the enlightenment of Shakyamuni....

Read full contents: 3.1 (b): The Bodhisattva Ideal

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