Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s3.t20.20
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s3.t20.20
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c7.s3.t20.20
(7) The seventh argument of the Sarvāstivādins is: if Nirvāṇa be non-existence, if it be only abhāva, what is that thing which is obtained by a bhikṣu in this life? The Sautrāntikas explain it by saying that a bhikṣu in Nirvāṇa attains a stage (āśraya) in which neither passion (kleśa) nor a new existence is possible.