Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s12.8

Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s12.8

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c8.s12.8

It is after the tenth bhūmi that a bodhisattva becomes a Tathāgata, and so the Laṅkāvatāra calls this stage Tathāgatabhūmi.³ The Śatasāhasrikā⁴ also remarks that a bodhisattva in the tenth bhūmi can be called a Tathāgata.

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Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā — Sanskrit
Laṅkāvatārasūtra — Sanskrit