Mahayana Buddhist schools de-emphasize the traditional view (still practiced in Theravada) of the release from individual Suffering (Duhkha) and attainment of Awakening (Nirvana). In Mahayana, the Buddha is seen as an eternal, immutable, inconceivable, omnipresent being. The fundamental principles of Mahayana doctrine are based on the possibility of universal liberation from suffering for all beings, and the existence of the transcendent Buddha-nature, which is the eternal Buddha essence present, but hidden and unrecognised, in all living beings.
Mahayana Buddhist schools de-emphasize the traditional view (still practiced in Theravada) of the release from individual Suffering (Duhkha) and attainment of Awakening (Nirvan.a) In Mahayana, the Buddha is seen as an eternal, immutable inconceivable, omnipresent being. The fundamental princip.les of Mahayana doctrine are based on the possibility of universal liberation from suffering for all beings, and the existence of, the transcendent Buddha-nature, which is the eternal Buddha essence present, but hidden and unrecognised, in all living beings