Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s2.t3.70

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¹ Samyutta, V, p. 345; Dīgha, III, p. 251; Kośa, Intro. to chs. V and VI, p. iv, as Prof. Poussin shows, puts the order of progress in the pre-sotāpanna stage as follows:—
(i) Acquisition of the Mokṣabhāgīya-kuśalamūlas;
(ii) Acquisition of the Ariyavamsas (Kośa, VI, 7c-d; 8a-b; Aṅguttara, II, p. 27; Dīgha, III, p. 224—rules relating to the requisites of a monk);
(iii) Aśubhabhāvanā, Ānāpānasmṛti;
(iv) Practice of Smṛtyupasthānas;
(v) Acquisition of the Nirvedhabhāgīyadharmas;
(vi) Satyābhisamaya (15 kṣaṇas)—darśanamārga. There are many details which should be mentioned in an exposition of the path of spiritual progress, but as we are concerned here mainly with the comparison of the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna stages, the details have been passed over.