Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s7.13

c8.s7.13

In this bhūmi he becomes smṛtimān, i.e., does not get bewildered, matimān for having clear knowledge, gatimān for knowing the sense in which a sūtra is uttered, hrīmān for preserving himself as well as others, dhṛtimān for practising the disciplinary rules, and buddhimān for being proficient in ascertaining what is proper and improper and such other things.¹ His desire and energy for acquiring further merits and rendering service to beings become greater and greater. He pleases the beings by means of all the four samgrahavastus, by showing his rūpakāya, by giving discourses on the doctrines, on the Bodhisattva practices, on the greatness of Tathāgatas, on the evils of the world, on the virtue of acquiring Buddhajñāna, and by performing miracles. For establishing the Buddha dharma he also acquires the secular sciences, viz., mathematics, medicine, poetry, drama, metallurgy, astronomy, etc.²