School
Lokottaravāda
Overview
The Lokottaravāda (Sanskrit: लोकोत्तरवाद; traditional Chinese: 說出世部; ; pinyin: Shuō Chūshì Bù; Vietnamese: Xuất thế thuyết bộ) 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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Philosophers who discussed Lokottaravāda
Related ideas
- Deva (Hinduism)
- Two truths doctrine
- Pure Land
- Samadhi
- Āgama (Buddhism)
- Śūnyatā
- Xuanzang
- Pali Canon
- Mahayana
- Theravada
- The Buddha
- Bhāviveka
- Bodhisattva
- Gandhara
- Early Buddhist schools
- Ten Stages Sutra
- Mahāsāṃghika
- Afghanistan
- Dharma
- Northwest India
Place in the tradition
Part of Indian philosophy.