Buddhism: Mahayana Buddhism
FOUNDED: c. 200 C.E.
RELIGIONAS AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 3.2 percent
Overview
Mahayana (Grand Method) Buddhism began in India as a movement to address issues that had arisen in the existing traditions, which the Mahayana followers subsequently referred to derogatorily as Hinayana (Lower, or Inferior, Method). These questions concerned the status and nature of the arhat (fully enlightened being), the nature of the Buddha (that is, whether or not the Buddha should be considered a historical figure or an a historical and transcendental being), and the nature of reality. They began to emerge around the beginning of the.....
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