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Introduction to the asceticism as created by the historical Buddha in the original mendicant community of male & femal followers of his teachings. Professor Thurman discusses the difference between Theravada and Universal Vehicle (Mahayana) Buddhism, comparing the Nirvana aspiring mendicants and Enlightenment aspiring Bodhisattvas — the variances in their ways of thinking and the impacts they have on the societies they live among.
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Introduction to the asceticism as created by the historical Buddha in the original mendicant community of male & femal followers of his teachings. Professor Thurman discusses the difference between Theravada and Universal Vehicle (Mahayana) Buddhism, comparing the Nirvana aspiring mendicants and Enlightenment aspiring Bodhisattvas — the variances in their ways of thinking and the impacts they have on the societies they live among.
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