The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature c8.s8.39
The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature c8.s8.39
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c8.s8.39
Thus does Vasubandhu, the commentator of the M. S. Al., show his appreciation of the seven bodhy-aṅgas. Aṣvaghoṣa does not indulge in such play of fancy, but he exhorts a bodhisattva to destroy the seven anuṣayas (evil proclivities and tendencies) of the heart by means of these seven Factors of Enlightenment.³⁴⁵ These anuṣayas are pride, doubt, ignorance, lust, hatred, delusion, and the craving for rebirth.