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Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s2.t2.3

Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s2.t2.3

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c7.s2.t2.3

Though the terms rūpakāya and dharmakāya found their way into the later Pāli works³ from Mahāyāna or semi-Mahāyāna works, they did not bring with them any non-realistic sense. Buddhaghosa even as late as the fifth century A.C. refers thus to the kāyas: