Mahayana Portal
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Portal · Articles · ConceptsOverview of all Mahayana books:
Canonical texts (with English translation)
33,119 words
65,220 words
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73,554 words
19,954 words
25,133 words
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152,633 words
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Essays, Studies and other Academic publications
70,344 words
48,955 words
Canonical texts (in original language)
18,273 words
51,731 words
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177,961 words
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Other works not further classified
494 words
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