Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.s3.44

c9.s3.44

IV, V. After Puṇyānumodanā, the adept is to perform Adhyeṣaṇā⁶ or Yācanā, *i.e.*, to entreat Buddhas not to attain parinirvāṇa but to be the light (of knowledge = dharmapradīpa) to the innumerable beings, who cannot distinguish between the right and the wrong ways on account of their ignorance.⁷ This is followed by Pariṇāmanā, when he offers all his merits for the good of all beings and for obtaining the powers and privileges of a Buddha and thus be able to satisfy all beings by meeting the individual needs of each one, no matter whether the need be worldly happiness or salvation.⁸