It is one of the most important branches of Buddhism, Mahāyanā is a Sanskrit word that means "Great Link", the regions where it has a greater number of followers are located in the Asian continent such as China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, among others, in buddhism does not consider the Mahayana school as such but as an attitude, it emerged as an alternative to the various interpretations that were made to the teachings of Buddha, it on the contrary sought to connect with the spirit of these teachings.
Experts assure that the Mahāyanā emerged during the first century AD in the southern region of India, the emergence of the same was slowly, but unlike other branches of Buddhism, the Mahāyanā was not a school that was opposed to others and therefore it was not the result of a division, that is why the monks who believed in it could be in healthy coexistence with the monks of other schools, as long as the rules were respected with each other, all this despite that some of the monks of other schools took the cultures and beliefs of the Mahāyanā in a mocking tone.
Unlike the Theravada which strictly adheres to the teachings of what is known as historical Buddhism, the Mahayana is based on the teachings of the Buddha as a doctrine and not as a method, it is in charge of studying thoroughly with in order to seek the truth without judgmentSomeone and with free will to question the teachings that will have been taught in the past, this means that the Mahayana teachings can be put to investigation as is done with a scientific theory, which has caused great interest in teachers of highly relevant Buddhism and also of scientists who have come together in search of relationships between science and Buddhism. Another very marked difference with regard to the Theravada are the sutras, since although this one does not reject those belonging to the so-called Pali Canon they consider them somewhat authoritarian.
