Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.s1.9

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The Mahāyānists developed these Pāramitā practices a good deal and tried to persuade both householders and monks to fulfil them. In the Śikṣāsamuccaya we get glimpses of the duties of a Bodhisattva apart from the completion of Pāramitās. Some of these passages may be summarized as follows:—