Mahayana

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Buddhism

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Basic terms

Three Jewels
Four Noble Truths
Noble Eightfold Path
Buddhahood
Enlightenment
Nirvana

People

Gautama Buddha
Dalai Lama
Bodhisattva
Sangha

Schools

Theravada
Mahayana
Zen
Vajrayana
Nyingma Kagyu Sakya Gelug

Practices

study Dharma
Meditation
Metta

Mahayana (Sanskrit: महायान, mahāyāna, literally the "Great Vehicle") is one of the two main branches of Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism is from India.