Buddhism

The Mahayana sect is otherwise known as the Greater Vehicle or Northern Buddhism. The Mahayana Buddhists are based mostly in China, Korea, Japan and Tibet. The Theravada, the other main path, is also known as the Smaller Vehicle or Southern Buddhism. These Buddhists are found primarily in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma and other Southeast Asian countries (Epstein, 1992).

One of the differences between those of the Mahayana and those of the Theraveda path is that although neither Theravada nor Mahayana proposes that there is a God or Creator, within the Mahayana sect there is deity belief present in The Three Bodies (forms) of Buddha. These forms are: 1) The Body of Essence or the Ultimate Truth that is Nirvana; 2) The Body of Bliss or Buddha as a divine deity, formless, with the saving power of grace, omnipotence, and omniscience; and 3) The Body of Transformation or the illusion or emanation in human form provided by the divine Buddha to guide his f

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