KnowraMahayana sutrasLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Mahayana sutras, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 2Related 1Narrower topic 2Compared with 3MahayanaBroader topic: These texts articulate Mahayana doctrines and the bodhisattva ideal.Pali CanonCompared with: These texts belong to traditions outside the Pali Canon’s Theravada authority.TheravadaCompared with: Their differing scriptural status marks a major boundary between these traditions.Sanskrit Buddhist literatureBroader topic: They form a major body of works composed and transmitted in Sanskrit and related languages.Sutta PiṭakaCompared with: They belong to different canonical and doctrinal traditions from the Theravāda Sutta Piṭaka.DharmakāyaNarrower topic: Their accounts of Buddhahood supplied foundations for later Dharmakāya doctrines.TrikayaRelated: Different sutras present Buddha manifestations in ways that do not always fit one uniform scheme.NirmāṇakāyaNarrower topic: The three-body teaching took shape within Mahayana scriptural and interpretive traditions.