Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s3.t9.3

c7.s3.t9.3

¹ Keith, *B. Phil.*, pp. 65-6: "The comparison is indeed significant, for there is no doubt that the Indian idea of the extinction of fire was not that which occurs to us of utter annihilation, but rather that the flame returns to the primitive, pure, invisible state of fire, in which it existed prior to its manifestation in the form of visible fire".