WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -East Asian Buddhists constitute the numerically largest body of Buddhist traditions in the world, numbering over half of the world’s Buddhists. East Asian Mahayana began to develop in China during the Han dynasty (when Buddhism was first introduced from Central Asia).

Detailed explanation-2: -Mahayana Buddhism is not a single group but a collection of Buddhist traditions: Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism are all forms of Mahayana Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahayana is known as ‘the Great Vehicle’ because of its great motivation of cultivating love and compassion equally for all living beings. It is often associated with Zen Buddhism and the Pureland tradition, but is also the inner heart of Tibetan Buddhism.