Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s2.t2.18
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c5.s2.t2.18
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¹ In addition to what has been said in connection with the Abhidhamma (see fn. ante, p. 6), it may be pointed out that the Mahāsāṅghikas also rejected the claim of the Theravādins that the Abhidhamma and the Jātakas were canonical. Compare the Yogācāra tradition that in the first part of his life, Buddha preached the four Āgamas, Dharmānusmṛtyupasthāna, Lalitavistara, Karmaśataka and Avadānaśataka. Wassiljew, Buddhismus, p. 352. According to the Sarvāstivādins, each of the Abhidharma books had a compiler. Cf. Kośa-vyākhyā, p. 12: Śruyante hi abhidharmaśāstrāṇām kartāraḥ.
Linked texts (5)
- Jātaka — Pāli
- Avadānaśataka — Sanskrit
- Śvetāmbara Āgama — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- mngon pa — Classical Tibetan
- Karmaśataka — Sanskrit