page_title: Mahīśāsaka
hierarchical_section_title: Mahīśāsaka
caption_attribution_description: English: Seated Buddha Amitabha statue, west side of Borobudur, ca. 1863-1866.
context_page_description: Mahīśāsaka is one of the early Buddhist schools according to some records. Its origins may go back to the dispute in the Second Buddhist council. The Dharmaguptaka sect is thought to have branched out from Mahīśāsaka sect toward the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 1st century BCE.
context_section_description: Mahīśāsaka (traditional Chinese: 化地部; ; pinyin: Huàdì Bù) is one of the early Buddhist schools according to some records. Its origins may go back to the dispute in the Second Buddhist council. The Dharmaguptaka sect is thought to have branched out from Mahīśāsaka sect toward the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 1st century BCE.
caption: Gandhāran Mahīśāsakas are associated with the Pure Land teachings of Amitābha Buddha
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