The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature c8.22

c8.22

These principles and practices are regarded as highly beneficial in this life and also for the purposes of a happy rebirth. They are supposed to embody the last precepts and injunctions of Gautama Buddha himself.⁴ They also lead to the attainment of the spiritual stage of a *pratyeka-buddha*. They are common to the *Hīnayāna* and the *Mahāyāna*. The latter starts with these *dharmas*, but adds the *pāramitās* and the *bhūmis*, which constitute its special contribution to the development of Buddhism.