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Mahayana
Picture a network of monks, traders, and storytellers spreading through the borderlands of ancient India. Manuscripts pass from hand to hand, new ideas take shape, and soon, the Buddhist world will never be the same. This is the beginning of Mahayana—the Great Vehicle.In the first centuries of the common era, a new current emerges within Buddhism. It is not a sudden revolution, but a layered process. Scholars trace its start to northwestern India and the vital crossroads leading toward Central Asia. Here, fragments of new teachings appear—texts that later communities will call sutras. These…
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