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…showed last 75 words of 292 total…but related forms which are the meditational and devotional. Meditational Mahayana emphasizes that we are already saved and only need to realize that fact. Devotional Mahayana seeks the aid of the Buddhas and Budhisvattas in achieving salvation and in overcoming the trials of life. There are many more specific distinctions between the two main types of Buddhism and the religion of the Upanishads but the general idea has hopefully been conveyed correctly to the reader.