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	Manjushri - Indian Mahasanghika School Teaching
		This school originated with the teacher Mahadeva (not the same Mahadeva who was responsible for the origin of the Mahasanghikas) towards the close of the 2nd century after the parinibbana of the Buddha.
		It is apparent that the doctrines of the Mahasanghika and their offshoots contain germs from which the later Mahayana doctrine developed.
		Some time after this "transcendent schism" apparently in the Ekavyavaharika school, the other offshoot of Mahasanghika - the Gokulika (Kukkutika) school, threw out 2 further branches around the end of the 3rd century B.C. Both seem to have arisen through the abhidhamma type of discussions (in which the Gokulikas are believed to have specialized).
	manjushri.acumaestro.com /TEACH/mahasanghika02.html (754 words)

	Buddhism - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In this understanding of the Buddha nature, Mahasanghika thought is something of a prototype of Mahayana.
		The origins and development of the 18 early schools are highly complex and problematic: the number 18 is itself somewhat symbolic, and the names of the schools are not the same in all sources.
		The two major branches into which the sangha divided were the Mahasanghikas and the Sthaviras (Sthavirada in Sanskrit, Thera or Theravada in Pali).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761552895___37/Buddhism.html (859 words)

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		Mahasanghika and Sthavira are known as two earliest sects in Hinayana.
		Mahasanghika is said to be the basis of the development of the Mahayana Buddhism, while Sthavira of the Theravada Buddhism.
		For the sub division of Mahasanghika, please refer to the Eighteen Sects of Hinayana.
	www.saigon.com /~hoasen/glossl-r.htm (2614 words)

	The Schoyen Collection: 22. Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It probably belonged to a Buddhist monastery of Mahasanghika which was in Bamiyan, according to the report of the Chinese monk, Xuan Zhang (604-662) who visited this monastery in the 7th c.
		The Mahasanghikas are regarded as the traditional Buddhist school, which first propagated Mahayana ideas.
		It probably belonged to a Buddhist monastery of Mahasanghika that was in Bamiyan, according to the report of the Chinese monk, Xuan Zhang (604-662) who visited this monastery in the 7th c.
	www.nb.no /baser/schoyen/5/5.19/index.html (5314 words)

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		Mahasanghikas used Prakrit for their southern schools and Sanskrit for their northern schools.
		Transcendence and Lokuttara Vada held by the Mahasanghikas.
		There may be differences between the Mahasanghika and Theravada but the Mahasanghika accepted the cardinal principles of Buddhism, namely, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Noble Path, the three characteristics of Impermance,suffering and non-substantiality, Kamma, Dependent Origination, and the gradual stages of spiritual enlightenment.
	www.mangalavihara.org.sg /theravada_school.doc (1260 words)

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		The Wardak vase in Afghanistan containing the relics of the Buddha was presented to the teachers of the Mahasanghikas by one Kamalagulya during the reign of Huviska.
		Thus the Mahasanghikas conceived of the Buddha docetically and gave rise to the conception of the Bodhisattvas.
		A section of the Mahasanghikas (the adherents of Mahadeva) maintains that Arhats also have frailties; that they can be taught by others; that they still have a degree of ignorance, and a degree of doubt; and that they can acquire knowledge only with the help of others.
	www.quangduc.com /English/history/032500years06.html (11144 words)

	Second Buddhist Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mahasanghika school later developed into Mahayana Buddhism and records a different version of events at the Second Buddhist Council.
		The Mahasanghika account of the event no longer exists in a Sanskrit text, but its Chinese translation survives under the name of "Discourse on Different Sects".
		According to this record, the dispute was not about vinaya but the extent and the nature of the enlightenment of Arahants (and likely to be the authority of elders of Sangha).
	www.hollistercaus.com /section/Second_Buddhist_Council (650 words)

	What is Theravada?
		The reign of Asoka was however marked by the split of Buddhism into 18 sects which according to one source were Theravada and Mahasanghika plus 10 branching out from the former and 6 from the latter.
		An important doctrinal difference the two schools is that the Theravadins speak of the human nature of the Buddha where as the Mahasanghikas believe the supramundane nature of Buddhas which is more pronounced in the sect called Lokottaravada and in Mahayana.
		The master who gave a clear definition to this school known sometimes as Northern Buddhism was Nagarjuna of the 2nd century A.D. In common with their brethren, the Theravadins, they believe the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Noble Path, the Dependent Origination, the Three Characteristics of Existence and a number of other basic tenets.
	watthai.net /bluws/ebud/ebdha136.htm (2134 words)

	Buddhism in a Nutshell - The First Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The canon was later the basis of the Mahasanghika school of thought.
		Certainly, it was one of the factors leading to the subtle differences in outlook that characterized the Sthavira school, centered about the monastic community, and the Mahasanghika school, serving the needs in lay community.
		The former put more emphasis on the rules of discipline and the continuation of the monastic order, while the latter was characterized by the mission of salvating all sentient beings particularly in lay community.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /passissue/9708/sources/teach37.htm (931 words)

	History
		Although the decision was accepted unanimously by the Council, the Vajjian monks did not accept the verdict.
		This resulted in a schism in the Sangha and the secession of the Mahasanghika (Vajji monks), who held a great assembly of their own called the Mahasangiti, from which the sect derived its name, and decided matters according to their own light.
		From then on, further schisms led to the formation of different subsects, and in the course of time, eleven sub-sects arose out of the Theravada while seven issued from the Mahasanghika, leading to the well-known Eighteen Schools of Buddhism.
	www.buddhistpilgrimage.info /history7.htm (696 words)

	Gakkai Mistake#3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Mahasanghika view is that the Elders of the existing sect were
		Mahasanghikas, is adherred to by most scholars and is expounded in many books
		view that the Mahasanghika was the forerunner to the Mahayana movement.
	cebunet.com /mistake3.htm (3722 words)

	Theravada history, art and culture
		The Theravada school is known for its early conflict with the more liberal Mahasanghika school, which had espoused a revisionist approach to the Buddhist doctrine.
		But within two centuries after the Buddha's passing, as the Dhamma spread across much of India, several different interpretations of some of the Buddha's original teachings arose, leading to schisms within the Sangha and the emergence of as many as eighteen distinct sects of Buddhism.
		One of these sects (the Mahasanghika) eventually gave rise to a reform movement that called itself Mahayana (the "Greater Vehicle") and that referred to the other schools as Hinayana (the "Lesser Vehicle").
	www.onelittleangel.com /wisdom/art/religious.asp?mc=19 (1063 words)

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		According to traditional accounts, the Mahasanghikas ("Adherents of the Great Order, or Assembly") split off from other Buddhists in the 4th or 3rd century BC, in what may have been the original schism.
		The knowledge of things occurs in a single instant: all is void (shunya) and without self; the ultimate end of the way of seeing is an instantaneous recognition that reveals the singular and proper character of all things.
		The only surviving part of the Mahasanghika canon, the Mahavastu ("Great Subjects"), is derived from Lokottaravadins, who stem from the Mahasanghikas.
	www.cyberspacei.com /jesusi/inlight/religion/buddhism/bud5.htm (2477 words)

	Manjushri - Indian Theravada School Teaching
		The Sthaviravada and the Mahisasaka adhere to the view that an arhat is beyond the reach of any seduction, cannot relapse, whereas the Sarvastivada and Kasyapiya adopt the Mahasanghika opinion that the arhat's perfection is not absolute.
		If different languages were used - Paisaci (of which Pali is a dialect) by the Sthaviravada group of schools, Prakit by the Mahasanghika, Apabhramsa by the Sammitiya (Vatsiputriya) group and Sanskrit by the Sarvastivada.
		All those schools of Buddhism which make this distinction of principles in time into categories those which "exist" and those which do not "exist" are sometimes called vibhajyavadins.
	manjushri.acumaestro.com /TEACH/Sthaviravada02.html (1138 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> First Council
		Thus, the Tripitaka was adopted as a unity of doctrines and opinions within the religious order, and also an orthodox teaching for the Buddhists to follow.
		Sthavirah merely represented the intimate and older disciples of Shakyamuni, while Mahasanghika being the rest.
		It is said that a century later, a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=11766 (4139 words)

	Buddhist Door Glossary L - R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sthavira or elder disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the other disciples (called to be Mahasanghika) assembled outside the cave.
		Mahasanghika is said to be the basis of the development of the
		For the sub division of Mahasanghika, please refer to the
	www.buddhistdoor.com /bdoor/common/sources/glossl-r.htm (2464 words)

	History of Buddhism in India
		The orthodox monks (Sthavarivada) said that nothing should be changed, while the others insisted on modifying some rules.
		Finally, a group of monks left the Council and formed the Mahasanghika - the Great Community.
		According to another version (Skilton), the Second Council may have had two parts: initially in Vaisali, some 60 years after the Buddha, and 40 years after that, a meeting in Pataliputra, where Mahadeva maintained five theses on the Arhat.
	buddhism.kalachakranet.org /india.html (1726 words)

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		As sects, the principal division took place in the Second Council.
		For further details, please refer to Section 3 A Glimpse in the Scope of Buddhism in Vol.
		Literally means a ruler who converted or rectified his land or people.
	www.purifymind.com /glossaryM.htm (1009 words)

	Buddhist Forum
		This second community of monks became known as the Mahasanghika (Maha means ‘large’ and sanghika means ‘community’ or ‘college’ of monks).
		Following the third Buddhist council, which was some 150 years after the second Buddhist council, Mahasanghika monks migrated into the northwest India Kashmir valley and on into the region of Taxila.
		The larger group of monks, the Mahasanghika, believed that the Buddha was more than just an earthly human being.
	www.wfb-hq.org /forum0247.htm (3622 words)

	What Is Theravada?
		The Third Council in the tradition of Theravada was held in the 3rd century,
		Mahayana, the giant incarnation, as it were, of Mahasanghika, both of which
		Mahasanghika, Sarvastivada and Mahayana -- will be touched upon as giving
	wheelofdharma.tripod.com /dharmapage/id1.html (4226 words)

	Mahayana Buddhism
		The orthodox monks said that nothing should be changed while the others insisted on modifying some rules, Finally, a group of monks left the Council and formed the Mahasanghika - the Great Community.
		Even though it was called the Mahasanghika, it was not known as Mahayana, And in the Second Council, only matters pertaining to the Vinaya were discussed and no controversy about the Dhamma is reported.
		In the 3rd Century B.C. during the time of Emperor Asoka, the Third Council was held to discuss the differences of opinion among the bhikkhus of different sects.
	www.j-neely.com /Docs/mahayana_buddhism.htm (2297 words)

	Dharma Fellowship: Library - Yogacara Theory - Part One: Background History
		In the Brahmi and Kharoshthi records of the time, there is mention of such Buddhist orders as the Mahasanghika and the Sarvastivada.
		The latter appears as the order most favoured by the Emperor, and one inscription records the coming of a dialectician from Nagara to Mathura for the purpose of counteracting the propagation of Mahasanghika doctrine.
		Historical evidence traces the spread of the Sarvastivada Order westward from Sindh and the Punjab into Afghanistan, undoubtedly as a result of imperial patronage, particularly during Kanishka's reign.
	www.dharmafellowship.org /library/essays/yogacara-part1.htm (3609 words)

	Gakkai Mistake#4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In truth, the Mahasanghika, in contrast to the Mahayana, was based in the
		At that time, the Mahasanghika, was a much larger group of Buddhists than
		Mahasanghika's larger membership was used as the chief proof that it's
	www.cebunet.com /mistake4.htm (3885 words)

	Adherents.com
		"...the Mahasanghika tradition is embodied in the second tradition of Bhavya's text as well as the Sariputrapariprccha-sutra...
		It was initially surmised that the first great schism in Buddhism, separating the previously unified community into the rival sects known as Sthaviras and Mahasanghikas, resulted from disciplinary laxity on the part of the future Mahasanghikas.
		In the course of further development the Mahasanghika further split into the Ekavyavaharikas (which produced the Lokottaravadins) and the Gokulikas (which divided into the Bahushrutiyas, Prajnaptivadins and the Chaitikas)...
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_432.html (3130 words)

	Status of Chinese Buddhism
		Indian Buddhists were threatened by the values and socio-political structures of the Indian society dominated by Hinduism and Islam and vanished between 9th century and 10th century in India while Buddhism were developed rapidly in China so that China became the true homeland of Buddhism all over the world.
		Another feature of Chinese Buddhism is that Mahasanghika Buddhism plays an important role.
		Most Chinese Buddhists take Mahasanghika Buddhism as their religion except people living near Thailand, whose religion is Theravada Buddhism as well as people living in Tibet whose religion is the Esoteric Buddhism.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_24739.htm (190 words)

	Timeline of Theravada Buddhism - Major Events
		The first schism of the Sangha occurs, in which the Mahasanghika school parts ways with the traditionalist Sthaviravadins.
		At issue is the Mahasanghika's reluctance to accept the Suttas and the Vinaya as the final authority on the Buddha's teachings.
		This schism marks the first beginnings of what would later evolve into Mahayana Buddhism.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/thera_timeline.htm (1106 words)

	Buddhist History: Spread of the Sangha - ReligionFacts
		They felt they were in keeping with the original spirit of the Buddha's teachings.
		The other group, the Great Community (Mahasanghika in Sanskrit), interpreted Buddha's teachings more liberally, but in a way that they felt was more true to his intentions.
		These two groups would eventually evolve into Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.
	www.religionfacts.com /buddhism/history/second_council.htm (282 words)

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