Mahayana: Perbedaan antara revisi

Walaupun asal- usul keberadaan Mahayana mengacu pada Buddha Gautama, para sejarawan berkesimpulan bahwa Mahayana berasal dari India pada [[abad ke 1]],<ref>{{en}} ''The Mahayana movement claims to have been founded by the Buddha himself. Scholars however, think that it originated in South India in the 1st century CE’'' – Indian Buddhism, AK Warder, 3rd edition, 1999, p. 335.</ref>, atau abad ke 1 SM. <ref>{{en}}''Buddhist Saints in India'', Reginald A. Ray, 1994, p.404 </ref><ref>{{en}}''A History of Indian Buddhism'' - Hirakawa Akira (translated and edited by Paul Groner) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, 1993, p. 252</ref> Menurut sejarawan, Mahayana menjadi gerakan utama dalam Agama Buddha di India pada abad ke 5, mulai masa tersebut naskah-naskah Mahayana mulai muncul pada catatan prasasti di India. <ref>{{en}}''Certainly, we have for this period an extensive body of inscriptions from virtually all parts of India. ... But nowhere in this extensive body of material is there any reference, prior to the fifth century, to a named Mahayana. There are, on the other hand, scores of references to what used to be called Hinayana groups'' — the Sarvastivadins, Mahasamghikas, and so on. From this point of view, at least, this was not “the period of the Mahayana,” but “the period of the Hinayana.”, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2004, page 493</ref> Sebelum abad ke 11 (ketika Mahayana masih berada di India), Sutra-sutra Mahayana masih berada dalam proses perbaikan. Oleh karena itu, beragam sutra dari sutra yang sama mungkin muncul. Terjemahan-terjemahan ini tidak dianggap oleh para sejarawan dalam membentuk sejarah Mahayana.