Mahayana sutras

Mahayana sutras are a very broad genre of Buddhist scriptures of which the Mahayana Buddhist tradition claim that they are original teachings of the Buddha. The Theravada and the other Early Buddhist Schools claim that the Mahayana Sutras are later compositions, not taught by the Buddha. Various Mahayana Sutras have been included in the Tibetan Canon and the Chinese Canon...
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