The History of Buddhist Thought c28.s2.13

c28.s2.13

It is not clear whether the “ miscellaneous collection of sūtras ” is a part of the Abhidhamma, or whether a fifth Āgama is implied, but the point is not here important. We find in it Nidāna, Avadāna, and Upadeśa, the three forms supposed to belong to Mahāyāna.