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Mahayana


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One of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practised in a variety of forms especially in China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea. The tradition emerged around the 1st century ad and is typically concerned with personal spiritual practice and the ideal of the bodhisattva.

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