The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom Motilal Banarsidass This split creates a lacuna

This split creates a lacuna into which the living Buddhist religious professionals who put the teachings found in the texts into effect in the lives of the laity disappear

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The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom Motilal Banarsidass This split creates a lacunaSome two thousand years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious thought in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic Mahayana texts were sermons ascribed to the Buddha, called "sutras" in Sanskrit. The earliest and most influential of these Mahayana sutras had the "perfection of wisdom" as its main subject matter. Of