This video explores Pure Land Buddhism, a major branch of Mahayana Buddhism often misunderstood in the West. It presents the concept of countless purified realms—pure lands—inhabited by cosmic ...

Mahayana Buddhists are different from Theravada Buddhists as they strive to become enlightened, but they delay nibbana to help teach enlightenment. Mahayana Buddhists are especially concerned with ...

Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, Somapura Mahavira, or the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 12th century. Its layout ...