Mahayanism

Tantric Buddhism was due to the mixture of Mahayanist teaching with aboriginal superstitions absorbed through the medium of Hinduism, though in some cases there may have been direct contact and mutual influence between Mahayanism and aboriginal beliefs.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

The Tibetan Church is generally regarded as an extreme form of Mahayanism but its Vinaya is that of the Sarvâstivâdins.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

Mahayanism, such as the worship of Bodhisattvas leading to mythology, the deification of Buddhas, entailing a theology as complicated as the

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

Some writers speak as if after our era Mahayanism was predominant in India and the Hinayana banished to its extreme confines such as Ceylon and Kashmir.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

It would be easier to give a precise description of its development if we were sure which of the works ascribed to these worthies are authentic, but it seems that Aśvaghosha represents an ornate and transitional phase of the older schools leading to Mahayanism, whereas

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

But Mahayanism was pulled equally strongly in the opposite direction by the popular and mythological elements which it contained and was on the whole inclined to theism and even polytheism quite as much as to atheism and acosmism.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

It appears to be the same as the Candrapradîpa-sûtra and is a complete and copious treatise, which not only expounds the topic from which it takes its name but incidentally enumerates the chief principles of Mahayanism.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

My present object is to speak of the Sanskrit literature, chiefly sutras, which appeared contemporaneously with the rise of Mahayanism in India.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

This skilful exposition of a difficult theme is worthy of the writer of the Buddhacarita but other reasons make his authorship doubtful, for the theology of the work may be described as the full-blown flower of Mahayanism untainted by

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

Mahayanism can exist without this doctrine but it is tolerated by most sects and considered essential by some.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896