Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s3.t1.4

c5.s3.t1.4

The Divyāvadāna, as we have seen, refers to the aspiration for the attainment of Buddhahood. So also, one reads in the Mahāvastu³ about devotees developing Bodhicitta and aspiring to Buddhahood by the simple act of worshipping a stūpa or making some presents to it. In connection with the Sarvāstivādins, the treatise of Vasumitra speaks (i) of the sameness of vimukti of Buddhas, Śrāvakas, and Pratyekabuddhas; (ii) of the three Yānas; and (iii) of Bodhisattvas continuing to be pṛthagjana till they step into the samyaktva-niyāma (the path leading to the right knowledge).⁴