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This template was co-developed with User:TonyMPNS and User:Sacca. For more information, see Template_talk:Buddhism#Template:MahayanaBuddhism_prototype. Namaste, Larry Rosenfeld ( talk) 22:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't the agama's belong in the section of scriptures, also?Greetings, Sacca 11:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
4th council is nothing to do with Mahayana. Peter jackson 13:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
It still shows up on the template, but I can't find it on the edit page to delete. Can someone explain this, and/or deal with it? Peter jackson ( talk) 18:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I think I see the source of the problem. I came here from the talk page for the Buddhism template, where the 4th council was included. I clicked edit there, but found the edit page for a different version of the template. This seems odd, & might cause problems in other cases, tho' here it seems OK. Peter jackson ( talk) 18:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
hmm... if it's meant to look like a ingot, it should be more consistent (ie: 2 pixels of varying shades of yellow on the borders). It uses white and blue, it should use light gold and dark gold...-- Esteban Barahona ( talk) 04:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've recently redesigned and reorganized the Mahayana Buddhism template. It now has a lighter look more reminiscent of a buddha's radiant golden light. I believe that this approach conveys the appearance of gold in a much clearer way, that has more of a connection with descriptions in the sutras and the great art of the past.
It also has a bit more organization behind the links and categories. I tried to focus on making a template that would really be representative of Mahayana Buddhism and give every major tradition a nod by focusing on the most common and essential elements of Mahayana. I have also added a box for the different major schools of Mahayana Buddhism, past and present. My reasoning for them:
Also, under the sutras category, I believe that the following sutras are absolutely essential to Mahayana:
Under the history category, Nagarjuna, Asanga, and Vasubandhu are the essentials in my opinion. Without them, Mahayana would not be what it is today in any of the countries linked to. Tengu800 ( talk) 06:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I've changed the sidebar to a collapsible version, since some Buddhism-pages were quite overloaded with sidebar-space. I took the idea from Template:Tibetan Buddhism sidebar, and the collapsible categories from Template:Methodism. Joshua Jonathan ( talk) 08:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I am extremely far from knowlagble on this subject; however the link for " Esoteric Buddhism" on this template redirects to " Vajrayana Buddhism." The problem I see is that the Vajrayana page says that it is a third main branch of Buddhism, therefore not a sub-branch of Mahayana Buddhism.
I won't change anything, as I couldn't even begin to know which is correct (if scholars even know for that matter), but I think some sort of note or correction should be made to the appropriate page/template or pages/templates. 63.224.159.60 ( talk) 22:36, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Dragovit, The eight auspicious symbols are part of Mahayana, see for example, this image.
Also, the Lotus is an ancient symbol in Buddhism, going back to the very beginning. It is also widely used in Mahayana sutras, like the Lotus sutra, which is one of the most important sutras in East Asian Mahayana.
The Swastika is too generic of a symbol, it is part of a huge number of cultures. ☸Javierfv1212☸ 11:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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This template was co-developed with User:TonyMPNS and User:Sacca. For more information, see Template_talk:Buddhism#Template:MahayanaBuddhism_prototype. Namaste, Larry Rosenfeld ( talk) 22:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't the agama's belong in the section of scriptures, also?Greetings, Sacca 11:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
4th council is nothing to do with Mahayana. Peter jackson 13:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
It still shows up on the template, but I can't find it on the edit page to delete. Can someone explain this, and/or deal with it? Peter jackson ( talk) 18:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I think I see the source of the problem. I came here from the talk page for the Buddhism template, where the 4th council was included. I clicked edit there, but found the edit page for a different version of the template. This seems odd, & might cause problems in other cases, tho' here it seems OK. Peter jackson ( talk) 18:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
hmm... if it's meant to look like a ingot, it should be more consistent (ie: 2 pixels of varying shades of yellow on the borders). It uses white and blue, it should use light gold and dark gold...-- Esteban Barahona ( talk) 04:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've recently redesigned and reorganized the Mahayana Buddhism template. It now has a lighter look more reminiscent of a buddha's radiant golden light. I believe that this approach conveys the appearance of gold in a much clearer way, that has more of a connection with descriptions in the sutras and the great art of the past.
It also has a bit more organization behind the links and categories. I tried to focus on making a template that would really be representative of Mahayana Buddhism and give every major tradition a nod by focusing on the most common and essential elements of Mahayana. I have also added a box for the different major schools of Mahayana Buddhism, past and present. My reasoning for them:
Also, under the sutras category, I believe that the following sutras are absolutely essential to Mahayana:
Under the history category, Nagarjuna, Asanga, and Vasubandhu are the essentials in my opinion. Without them, Mahayana would not be what it is today in any of the countries linked to. Tengu800 ( talk) 06:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I've changed the sidebar to a collapsible version, since some Buddhism-pages were quite overloaded with sidebar-space. I took the idea from Template:Tibetan Buddhism sidebar, and the collapsible categories from Template:Methodism. Joshua Jonathan ( talk) 08:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I am extremely far from knowlagble on this subject; however the link for " Esoteric Buddhism" on this template redirects to " Vajrayana Buddhism." The problem I see is that the Vajrayana page says that it is a third main branch of Buddhism, therefore not a sub-branch of Mahayana Buddhism.
I won't change anything, as I couldn't even begin to know which is correct (if scholars even know for that matter), but I think some sort of note or correction should be made to the appropriate page/template or pages/templates. 63.224.159.60 ( talk) 22:36, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Dragovit, The eight auspicious symbols are part of Mahayana, see for example, this image.
Also, the Lotus is an ancient symbol in Buddhism, going back to the very beginning. It is also widely used in Mahayana sutras, like the Lotus sutra, which is one of the most important sutras in East Asian Mahayana.
The Swastika is too generic of a symbol, it is part of a huge number of cultures. ☸Javierfv1212☸ 11:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)