In the name of an early Buddhist school that defended the supramundane nature of Buddhas, this adjective precedes a term for the Sangha. For 10 points each:
[10e] In either English or Sanskrit, name this adjective that describes a yāna, or vehicle, in the name of the current largest Buddhist tradition.
ANSWER: mahā [or great; accept Mahāsāṃghika or Mahāsaṃgha or Mahāyāna or Great Sangha or Great Vehicle]
[10h] During this event, the Mahāsāṃghikas split from the stricter Sthavira nikāya perhaps after a dispute about 10 practices, such as accepting money. Another account claims this event centered around Mahādeva’s “five points.”
ANSWER: Second Buddhist council [prompt on Buddhist council; prompt on First Schism by asking “the First Schism happened after what event?”]
[10m] The Mahāsāṃghikas sought to amend these texts, the first in the Pali Canon, which set out rules for the Sangha in their Patimokkha sections.
ANSWER: Vinayas [or Vinaya Piṭaka]
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