Gasan adopted the Five Ranks of Tung-shan as a fit vehicle to explain the Mahayana teachings.
It is also a helpful way to discuss Mahayana teachings on motivation, compassion, and ethics.
A change in this occurred when Mahasena embraced Mahayana teachings and acted against Theravada institutions.
Tibetan Tantrism is a form of practical Buddhism abounding in methods and techniques for carrying out the practice of all Mahayana teachings.
One of the five faults or obstacles to shamatha meditation within the Mahayana teachings.
In the Mahayana teachings he is in general regarded as a high-level Bodhisattva.
Then the Mahayana teachings are presented, together with the 'tonglen' practice of giving and receiving.
Most Mahayana teachings assert that all beings who correctly practice the dharma may reach enlightenment, since all possess an innate buddha nature.
Most often, the various new Abhidhamma and Mahayana teachings were bases for arguments between sects.
The Vajrayana techniques add 'skillful means' to the general Mahayana teachings for advanced students.
