Mahāyāna

School·Founded 100 CE·est. ~300 million worldwide

Vedic Religion → Buddhism → Mahāyāna → 3 branches

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 3 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
The bodhisattva stays until all beings are free. The vow that defines the Great Vehicle: awakening deferred out of compassion. Go deeper — context →
Emptiness runs all the way down. Shunyata — all things, nirvana included, are empty of self-nature. Go deeper — context →
Skillful means adapts the teaching. Upaya: the dharma takes whatever form actually liberates the person in front of it. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
The nature of reality

Empty of self-nature — shunyata all the way down

After death

Rebirth, until awakening — deferred by the compassionate

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