Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c6.s10.t4: v. Kāla
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c6.s10.t4
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v. Kāla
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As the Upastambha does not count much with the Hinayānists, and as their āśaya is simply the attainment of emancipation without the extraordinary powers of a Buddha, the time (*kāla*), required by a Hinayānist to reach his goal is infinitely shorter than that of a bodhisattva.¹ The Sūtrālaṅkāra hints that a Hinayānist can even attain the goal in three lives. It refers to the Hinayāna belief that through seven births one can reach the goal, five of them taking place in the Srotāpanna stage.² The Sūtrālaṅkāra in calculating the rebirths leaves out of consideration the first four births preparatory to the final srotāpanna stage. This mode of calculation is also sometimes followed by the Hinayānists themselves.³
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¹ See Kośa, III, 93d-94a: Buddhattva is attained in 3 Asaṅkheyya, kalpas; see also p. 191.
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² See ch. IV for details.
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³ Sūtrā., p. 4; Comp. of Phil., Intro., p. 68.
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- Abhidharmakośa — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit