Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s3.39

v2.c33.s3.39

In the *Abhidharmakośa* and its *Vyākhyā*, it is said that according to the Mahāsanghikas, Buddhas appear at the same time in more than one world,¹ and that they are omniscient in the sense that they know all *dharmas* at the same time. The former statement appears also in the *Kathāvatthu* (xxi, 6), in which it is stated that according to the Mahāsanghikas, Buddhas exist in all corners of the world (*sabbā disā Buddhā tiṭṭhanti*). In the *Kathāvatthu* and the *Kośa*, no special doctrines about the Bodhisattva conception are attributed to the Mahāsanghikas.