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[Anonymous No.14349066]

I've noticed a lot of people have discussions on this board about Theravada Buddhism. Can we have one on Mahayana teachings? I find them to be just as true to the Buddha dharma as anything. I'm a Pure Land/Chan practitioner. Are there any Mahayana followers here? What books are essential for Mahayanist teachings?

[Anonymous No.14349095]

I've found a few sites with Mahayana books I've found and wanted to share them in case anyone wanted to read them. Here you go:
https://www.amitabha-gallery.org/elibrary
http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_ms.htm
I can't find any for Zen though, hopefully someone is more knowledgeable than I am.

[Anonymous No.14349098]

>>14349066
Post more Guanyin please

[Anonymous No.14349114]

>>14349098
Here you go. You can find a lot of images here:
https://www.amitabha-gallery.org/avalokitesvara-bodhisattva

[Anonymous No.14349164]

What's the major difference between Theravada and Mahayanna?

[Anonymous No.14349283]

>>14349164
Well, for one, Mahayana places more emphasis on the Bodhisattva ideal, rather than becoming an arahant. Mahayana also hold the concept of shunyata or emptiness as a compliment to dependent arising.

[Urantia reader No.14349402]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqgnBmiv7k
Further, Amida is called:

1 Immeasurable Light
2 True and Real Light
3 Boundless Light
4 Enlightenment of Nondiscrimination
5 Unhindered Light
6 Beyond Conception
7 Unequaled Light
8 Ultimate Shelter
9 Lord of Blazing Light
10 Great One Worthy of Offerings
11 Light of Purity
12 Light of Joy
13 Great Consolation
14 Light of Wisdom
15 Uninterrupted Light
16 Inconceivable Light
17 Inexpressible Light
18 Light that Surpasses the Sun and Moon
19 One who is without Equal
20 One of the Vast Assembly
21 Oceanlike Great Mind
22 Supremely Honored One
23 Power of Nondiscrimination
24 Power of the Great Mind
25 Inexpressible Buddha
26 Bhagavat
27 One of the Hall
28 Pure One who Broadly Grasps All Beings
29 Honored-one beyond Conceptual Understanding
30 One of the Bodhi-tree
31 Truly Immeasurable One
32 Music of Purity
33 Store of Virtues Fulfilled through the Primal Vow
34 One Imbued with Purity
35 Treasury of Virtues
36 Ultimately Honored One
37 Inconceivable Light
http://shinranworks.com/hymns-in-japanese/hymns-of-the-pure-land/prefatory-hymns/

[Anonymous No.14349553]

>>14349114
Thank you. Blessed post.

[Anonymous No.14350088]

>>14349066
>Pure Land/Chan
I don't know much about Pure Land, can you explain to me how this works?

[Anonymous No.14350169]

>>14350088
You pray to specific Buddha, then he gets you into his Pure Land after death where you gain Enlightenment.

[Anonymous No.14350174]

Posting as reference in case any Advaitins show up

[Urantia reader No.14350207]

>>14349095
The Religion of the Samurai
A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan
By Kaiten Nukariya
https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/rosa/index.htm

The Awakening of the Innermost Wisdom.--Having set ourselves free from the misconception of Self, next we must awaken our innermost wisdom, pure and divine, called the Mind of Buddha,[1] or Bodhi,[2] or Prajña[3] by Zen masters. It is the divine light, the inner heaven, the key to all moral treasures, the centre of thought and consciousness, the source of all influence and power, the seat of kindness, justice, sympathy, impartial love, humanity, and mercy, the measure of all things. When this innermost wisdom is fully awakened, we are able to realize that each and everyone of us is identical in spirit, in essence, in nature with the universal life or Buddha, that each ever lives face to face with Buddha, that each is beset by the abundant grace of the Blessed One, that He arouses his moral nature, that He opens his spiritual eyes, that He unfolds his new capacity, that He appoints his mission, and that life is not an ocean of birth, disease, old age, and death, nor the vale of tears, but the holy temple of Buddha, the Pure Land,[1] where be can enjoy the bliss of Nirvana.

[Anonymous No.14351089]

>>14349066
I am considering moving to the Mahayana from Theravada after fourth path, and pursuing the Bodhisattva ideal. Any idea which sort of Mahayana practice would be suitable for solitary practice?

[Anonymous No.14351105]

>>14349095
What do you recommend? Maybe something like the Visuddhimagga.

[Anonymous No.14352559]

>>14350174
>Posting fake quotes
Classic Guenonfag

[Anonymous No.14352576]

>>14351089
Definetely Pure Land. One does not need a teacher to practice, it does help though.

>>14351105
It depends on what type of Buddhism you are interested in.

[Anonymous No.14352595]

>>14349066
>I've noticed a lot of people have discussions on this board about Theravada Buddhism. Can we have one on Mahayana teachings?
I love how mahayanists keep saying that theravada is more trendy and nobody talks about mahayana, when it is the contrary. Tully deluded people.

[Anonymous No.14352924]

>>14352595
I wasn't saying that at all. Mahayana is much more popular in terms of population, that's a true statement. I do not see them on /lit/ much however, compared to threads on early Buddhism.

[Anonymous No.14352933]

>>14351105
And Honestly I wouldn't start with the Visuddhimagga. Start with simple practice and work towards more advanced texts later. It's important to ground yourself in the fundamentals of the school of Buddhism you are considering before you do anything.

[Anonymous No.14353220]

reading this

[Anonymous No.14353262]

wat mean

[Anonymous No.14353340]

>>14349066
Theravada is the correct interpretation anyway. Mahayana is for modernist libcucks

[Anonymous No.14353389]

>>14353340
Could you make an AMA? It's not often a master posts on /lit/.