Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c6.s4.8
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c6.s4.8
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c6.s4.8
(iv) In spite of the *gotrabheda* (difference in *gotras*), there are many who are of the *Aniyata-gotras* and become Mahāyānists. The *Aniyata-gotras* include two classes of individuals, one class prone to become Śrāvakas and the other Bodhisattvas. Many of the former class are attracted to Mahāyāna, while those of the latter are not allowed to slip (*saṃdhāraṇāya*) from Mahāyāna.²