1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Origins
2.2 Earliest Mahāyāna sūtras
2.3 Earliest inscriptions
2.4 Early Mahāyāna Buddhism
2.5 Late Mahāyāna Buddhism
3 Doctrine
3.1 Bodhisattva
3.2 Expedient means
3.3 Liberation
3.4 Buddha nature
4 Scriptures
4.1 Āgamas
4.2 Turnings of the Dharma Wheel
4.3 Early canon
5 Theravāda school
5.1 Role of the Bodhisattva
5.2 Theravāda and Hīnayāna
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Sources
10 Further reading
11 External links