Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s2.t11.6
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c5.s2.t11.6
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c5.s2.t11.6
The third contribution made by the Hinayānists, specially by the Sarvāstivādins, is the exposition or analysis of skandhas, dhātus, āyatanas, āryasatyas, aṅgas of the pratītyasamutpāda, and so forth.³ The Mahāyānists incorporated them in their works *in toto*, although they relegated them to the domain of *Saṃvṛti* or Parikalpita-Paratantra, admitting, however, their utility as being indispensable to Bodhisattvas in arriving at the Paramārtha or Pariniṣpanna truth.⁴