Mahayana

英 [,mɑ:hə'jɑ:nə; mə'hɑ:'jɑ:nə] 美

1. a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia

2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan