Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s4.5
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s4.5
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c8.s4.5
² B. Bh., pp. 11-12 refers briefly to the acquisition of kuśalakarmapathas and remarks that just as gold is purified by heating and other processes, so a Bodhisattva is purified by the practice of these karmapathas. The Mtu., however, makes no reference to the kuśalakarmapathas in the second bhūmi. M. Ava. (ch. II) enumerates the kuśalakarmapathas in all their details, and also dilates on the purity acquired by the bodhisattva in this bhūmi, which is for this reason named Vimalā.
Linked texts (3)
- Mahāvastu — Sanskrit
- Bodhisattvabhūmi — Sanskrit
- Madhyamakāvatāra — Candrakīrti, Sanskrit