Mahayana school

C11757
concept

The Mahayana school is a major branch of Buddhism that emphasizes the bodhisattva ideal, universal compassion, and the pursuit of enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mahayana Buddhist school 3
Madhyamaka interpretation 1
Mahayana school canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Mahayana school
Generated description
The Mahayana school is a major branch of Buddhism that emphasizes the bodhisattva ideal, universal compassion, and the pursuit of enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
shentong
surface form: Shentong
Madhyamaka interpretation
Yogācāra Mahayana Buddhist school
Huayan / Kegon
surface form: Huayan
Mahayana Buddhist school
ichinen sanzen
surface form: Ichinen sanzen
Tendai doctrine
Pure Land Buddhism
Hwaeom Mahayana Buddhist school