Mahayana Buddhists aim to become Bodhisattvas rather than Arhats. A Bodhisattva is someone who believes that their own enlightenment is not as important as helping others to reach enlightenment.

A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea, is set to make ...

Carving from soft schist, Gandhara's sculptors soon began to facilitate the introduction of a new Mahayana philosophical development - the Bodhisattva. Unlike the Gautama Buddha, who had achieved ...

Mahayana close Mahayana buddhismMeaning ‘Great Vehicle’; primarily follows the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment; in regions North of the Buddha’s birthplace. traditions include confessing ...

The Jizo Bodhisattva there is a guardian deity of ... About 20 youngsters made necklaces for the Buddha over two sessions. Naka explained to them that the statue is still around today because ...