Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c13.56

c13.56

Apratisamkhya-nirodha, 177f Apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa, 199, 200n. Āraṇyaka monks, 314 Arciṣmatī (a bhūmi) 259, 270, 288 Arhat, 275-6; Buddhas compared with, 35, 198, 285; Mahāyānic notion about, 140; misconceptions of, 228-9 Arhatta, 238f, 288 Arūpabrahmaloka, 137n. Arūpadhātu (a sphere of beings), 19, 137, 168, 254 Āryadeva, 42, 43 Āryahood, 242 Āryasatya, 27, 205f, 212, 215; Asaṅga on, 230; Hinayānic treatment of, 49-50; Mahāyānic treatment of, 49-50, 211, 225-7; Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā on, 225; Prajñāpāramitās on, 227-8; Yogācāra treatment of, 230-1 Asamskṛta (unconstituted), 30, 137, 163, 176f, 180, 183, 189 Asaṅga, 45, 56, 323; on antiquity of Mahāyāna, 58-9; on Āryasatya, 230; on forms of truth, 232-3 Asaṅkhāraparinibbāyi, a stage of spiritual progress, 268 Āsaya, 55, 76-8, 260-1, 265, 271, 289, 294, 308; gotrabheda the main reason for difference in, 84-7 Asecanaka-kāya, 119, 123, 326 Aśoka, Buddhism propagated by, 19-21; dhamma of, 19, 32 Aṣṭamaka (bhūmi), 87, 241, 286 Aṣṭāṅgikamārga, 183, 202 Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā, 9, 324f Astivāda, 27 Aśūnyavādin, 225 Atheists, 187 Atonement, rules of, 319-320 Avadāna, 7f, 10, 33f, 36, 307; appearance of, 6-11; Bodhisattva conception in, 36 Avaivartika (bodhisattva), 92