The History of Buddhist Thought c24.46

c24.46

In the ninth stage, *Sādhumatī*, “the stage of the good,” he understands still more the methods of converting beings. As a preacher of the Doctrine he develops the four methods of analysis of a bodhisattva (see p. 159), and preaches in all universes. The analysis here, however, is that of Mahāyāna doctrine.