00955nam a2200169 i 4500008004100000020001800041040001300059082002000072100001800092245004500110250001700155260004200172300003000214500001300244520051400257650001400771260202b1969    |||o|||| |||| 000 0 eng d  a0-486-22093-1  aPK-LaGCW  a704.948943bMUL10aMuller, F.Max10aBuddhist Mahayana Texts /cF. Max Muller  a1st edition.  aNew York,bDover Publication :c1969.  a207 Pages :bpbk.c21 cm.  aNo Index  aMahāyāna Buddhism (“The Great Vehicle”) emerged in India around the 1st century BCE to 1st century CE as a movement that expanded earlier Buddhist teachings. Mahāyāna texts emphasize universal compassion, wisdom, and the ideal of the bodhisattva—one who seeks enlightenment not only for personal liberation but for the liberation of all beings. These texts were composed mainly in Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and Prakrit, and later translated into Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese.  aFine Arts