Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s2.t2.4

c8.s2.t2.4

The *Bodhisattvabhūmi* is more explicit with regard to the pre-bodhisattva stage; the technical name given by it is Prakṛticaryā.² It divides this stage into two, Gotravihāra³ and Adhimukticaryāvihāra.⁴ These two preparatory stages cannot be strictly called bhūmis. The *Daśabhūmikasūtra* and other treatises dealing with bhūmis do not therefore mention them in their list of bhūmis. They deal with or refer to the qualities needed in the pre-bodhisattva stage but do not reckon them as additional bhūmis as the *Bodhisattvabhūmi* does.