3. Ancient Buddha Statue of Kuan- yin

4. What is Mahayana Buddhism? “the Greater Vehicle” the most common form of Buddhism in Asia Varies more than Theravada

5. The Characteristics of Mahayana  Very  Very wide spread  Containing  Containing many different aspects form indigenous groups  Cooperative  Contains  Contains Bodhisattvas  Compassion  Compassion is the main objective

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7. The role of the Buddha in Mahayana  See  See Buddha as a god  Have  Have many Bodhisattvas  Anyone  Anyone can become a Bodhisattvas  Prayed  Prayed to for assistance  Only  Only through being selfless can enlightenment be attained  Once  Once you reach nirvana you reside in the heavens with the other Buddhas

8. The Bodhisattva Vows The Four encompassing Vows Masses of creatures, without bonds, [I/we] vow to save [them all] Anxiety and Hate, delusive-desires inexhaustible, [I/we] vow to break [them all] Dharma gates beyond-measure [I/we] vow to learn [them all] Buddha way, nothing higher, [I/we] vow to accomplish [it]

9. Where is Mahayana present? ?

10. China Japan North Korea South Korea Vietnam Mongolia Bhutan Taiwan

11. Diversity Mahayana broke into many different sub- groups Mahayana broke into many different sub- groups – Zen – Chinese Chán – Pure land – Tiantai – Nichiren

12. Brief History  Separated from Theravada  Many monks expelled from the Sangha  Many moved into China  Many aspects of the history still unclear

13.  not a great amount of scripture was made during this time  Not until 7 th century was there any Mahayana writing  Chinese monk visits India  That’s the earliest writing  He describes how the two school are not in competition

14. Haeinsa ***

15.  “ Temple of Ocean Mudra”  Located in South Korea  Contains over 81,000 wooden printing blocks (since 1398)  One of the three jewel temples  Built in 802  Two monks cured a queen from sickness  King Aejang supported the temple  Queen became Buddhist helping the legitimacy in Korea  Burned down in 1817  Found the robe of the king

16.  during the Korean war Haeinsa was almost destroyed  North Korean Soldiers were posted around the temple  UN forces were ordered to bomb the temple  The leader of the air force did not obey in fear of destroying the temple