Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c2.2

c2.2

You have done me an honour by requesting me to write a few words by way of Preface for your work on the Hinayāna and Mahāyāna and this request reminds me indeed of the many happy hours passed by us in the study of some Buddhist texts and in the discussion of the innumerable questions, of which your well-meaning curiosity expected to have from me the solutions. Often our learned palabra did not of course yield satisfactory solutions; it drifted on, one śāstra leading us to another; commencing from Hinayāna, we landed in Vijñaptimātratā where quite naturally we lost ourselves. While making our way, however, each of us profited by the discussions.