Lokottaravāda
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Early history
- Texts
- ''Mahāvastu''
- ''Sukhāvatīvyūha'' influences
- Bamiyan monastery collection
- Doctrines
- Overview
- Emptiness
- Buddhas and bodhisattvas
- Bodhisattva Path
- Buddha-fields
- Equality of buddhas
- Future buddhas
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|upright|The Lokottaravāda held there were innumerable Pure Land|Pure Lands of buddhas and [[bodhisattvas.]]
The Lokottaravāda (; ) was one of the early Buddhist schools according to Mahāyāna doxological sources compiled by Bhāviveka, Vinitadeva and others, and was a subgroup which emerged from the Mahāsāṃghika.
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