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1. Mahayana Buddhism

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   The central ethical and soteriological emphasis of Mahāyāna is the Bodhisattva Vow. A Bodhisattva is an awakened being who chooses to postpone their own final parinirvāṇa (ultimate passing away) in order to remain within saṃsāra (the cycle of suffering) to aid all other sentient beings toward liberation [3]. This contrasts sharply with the Arhat ideal, which focuses primarily on individual aw…