Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s1.20
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c5.s1.20
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c5.s1.20
8. The doctrines were confined to the three essentials, *Anicca*, *Dukkha*, and *Anatta*, and the four *Ariyasaccas*, the *Paṭiccasamuppāda*, and the *Aṭṭhaṅgika-magga*; practices were limited to the thirty-seven *Bodhipakkhika dhammas*. The practices were usually divided under three heads: *sīla* (moral precept), *samādhi* (mental training), and *paññā* (development of insight and knowledge enabling one to realise the Truth).