Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s2.t4.7
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s2.t4.7
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c7.s2.t4.7
There are, however, Avadānas in the *Divyāvadāna*, which were not without some Mahāyānic tint, for, we read in the *Rudrāyanāvadāna*,² as we usually find in the Mahāyānic works, that rays of light issued forth from Buddha's mouth when he smiled, irradiating the beings of heaven and hell. It is noteworthy that the *Atthasālinī*³ also speaks of raśmis (rays of light) of six colours issuing out of Buddha's body. It seems that the Mahāyānic ideas were percolating gradually into the rocky soil of the conservative Theravādins.