Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s3.26

c8.s3.26

They gain the power to ripen beings through gifts (dāna) and affable words (priyavadya) and adhimukti (strong desire). Over and above these, they gain the other two saṃgrahavastus¹ (elements of popularity) but not yet the insight into the unlimited knowledge. Of the ten pāramitās,² their dānapāramitā is of an extraordinary nature. A bodhisattva who has attained the first bhūmi is entitled to become a king of Jambudvīpa and be a righteous ruler with mind always turned towards Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha, and the bodhisattva practices and omniscience. Wishing to become a leader of men, he renounces the world, takes ordination³ and in a moment enters into a hundred samādhis, sees a hundred Buddhas, traverses over a hundred lokadhātus and performs other extraordinary things.