Compassion and Insight – the two main aspirations of the Mahayanas

Compassion and Insight - the two main aspirations of the Mahayanas, Mahayana, the age of the Bodhisattva, Mahayanas, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana - the three vehicles of Buddhism

Mahayana Buddhism

……the main tenets of this Mahayana Buddhism are compassion (karuna) and insight or wisdom (prajna). The perfection of these human values culminates in the Bodhisattva, a model being who devotes him or herself altruistically to the service of others, putting aside all self-serving notions; in contrast, is the preceding pursuit of self-interested liberation (Hinayana or Sravakayana).

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