Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c6.s2.10

c6.s2.10

Avyākataṃ mayā taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīraṃ or aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīraṃ. Hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā; na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā; hoti ca na hoti ca tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā; n’ eva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā”.⁵ (It has not been explained by me whether soul is the same are all relative, appearing and disappearing through some causes and conditions, and asserts that the moment a person realises this fact he is emancipated and knows the Truth, Śūnyatā.¹ The Hinayānists and the Mahāyānists differ as regards the Truth but they agree that the Truth, as conceived by them, is attainable through the comprehension of the causal law, and so the Buddhist texts, whether Hinayānic or Mahāyānic,² are unanimous in holding—