Mahayana, Great vehicle; 大乘佛教, 菩薩乘 (德巴千波, 德千); Tibetan: ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ (tekpa chenpo), ཐེག་ཆེན (tek chen); Wylie: theg pa chen po, theg chen; Sanskrit: Mahayana;
Mahayana means great vehicle of mind, the aspiration to attain buddhahood, find liberation from suffering for the benefits for all beings. Two main branches within Mahayana are Madhyamaka and Chittamatra.
Classical texts for Mahayana include Avatamsaka Sutra, Prajnaparamita Sutra and treatises by Nagarjuna and Asanga.