Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s1.14

Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c5.s1.14

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c5.s1.14

5. The Pāramitās were yet unknown. The *Life of Buddha* usually commenced from the time of retirement to the attainment of Bodhi with occasional references to his previous existences, as in the *Mahāgovinda sutta* or the *Mahāsudassana* sutta. The conception of the life of a Bodhisattva performing *pāramis* was hazy, if not unknown.¹

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Mahāgovindasutta — Pāli
Mahāsudassanasutta — Pāli