An Introduction to Tantric Buddhism c7.3

c7.3

The *Tattva-ratnāvalī*¹ of Pandit Advayavajra (popularly known as Avadhūtipā) sub-divides the Yogācārins into (i) the *Sākāravādins* and (ii) the *Nirākāravādins*, and the Mādhyamika school also is sub-divided into (i) the *Māyo-pamā-dvaya-vāda* and (ii) *Sarva-dharmā-pratiṣṭhāna-vāda*. It affiliates both the Śrāvaka-yāna and the Pratyeka-Buddha-yāna to the Vaibhāṣika school; the Sautrāntika, Yogācāra and the Mādhyamika schools are all said to belong to Mahā- yāna. The Mahāyāna school has been further divided here into (i) the *Pāramitānaya* (including the Sautrāntika, Yogācāra and the Mādhyamika schools) and (ii) *Mantranaya*; the nature of the latter is left unexplained because of its profound and subtle character.¹ There is an attempt in the text at explaining the characteristic features of the sub-schools; but the whole account given here is extremely confused and the views of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara have been presented incidentally in a rather perverted and confused way.