Again, wow! Thanks everyone for sharing! If you know someone with one of the more unusual names, please ask them ,too!
Veegan, thanks for asking about mahayana.
The long and short of it is that buddhists seek enlightenment to be worthy of heaven. One central tenet of the mahayanas is that no one will achieve nirvana until all the humans on earth achieve enlightenment.
Thus the enlightened ones remain earthbound helping everyone else attain enlightenment. They serve until all can go to heaven in the "big boat."
"I will strive to become enlightened, for the sake of all living creatures."
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