Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature

Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature

The Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature (CISBL) is a research and publishing center at the University of Michigan, focused on the study of Buddhist literature, particularly Mahāyāna Buddhism, and is associated with the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.

Mahāyāna - Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of the Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion. Skt महायान  Tib ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ།  Ch 大乘  

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