Vimalakirti Sutra
[Mahayana Buddhism
A layman named Korema explains the essence of Buddhism to an ordained person.
By this time, he had freed himself from the idea that he had to be ordained.
There have been lay believers since the early days of Buddhism, but the shift to Mahayana Buddhism and the expansion of lay believers occurred.
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