The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction

84 CHAPTER FOUR without an established body of doctrine to follow, in their ability to teach oth- ers, and in the supramundane p ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 85 From the Mahayanist perspective, the Abhidharmists have erred in advancing a si ...

86 CHAPTER FOUR Ku~al).a dynasty, whose great monarch Kani~ka (late first or early second cen- tury c.E.) is renowned in Buddhis ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 87 Sarvastivadin Abhidharmists, among others, that the irreducible dharmas forming ...

88 CHAPTER FOUR It is easy to imagine that this type of presentation would have been a great hit with those already disillusione ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 89 down only when trying to describe the unconditioned. Still, the therapeutic thr ...

90 CHAPTER FOUR later "emptiness" Sutras, such as the Vimalakirti-nirde.Sa, Lotus, and Srimiilii Sutras. The early Sunyaviidins, ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 91 4.3 YOGACARA At the beginning of the fourth century C. E. a new series of Sutra ...

92 CHAPTER FOUR enough to loosen one's attachments to views; one needs to practice medita- tion, including dhyana, as well. Beca ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 93 "store" or "granary" consciousness) that contains the seeds of past karma to- g ...

94 CHAPTER FOUR already introduced the uteral metaphor when they declared Prajiia-paramita to be the mother of all the Buddhas ( ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 95 Buddha Amitabha in his Pure Land (see Section 5.5.4) is apprehended in his enjo ...

96 CHAPTER FOUR more central. There are a fair number of sticking points in any such synthe- sis-the Madhyamikas ridiculed the Y ...

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 97 Asvagho~a's use of literary Sanskrit seems to have been part of a general trend ...

98 CHAPTER FOUR the other hand, it was such an elegant and thorough summary of Abhidharma analysis that it formed the basis for ...

5 Soteriology and Pantheon of the Mahayana 5.1 THE BODHISATTVA PATH M ahayana is synonymous with the course, yiina (vehicle), or ...

100 CHAPTER FIVE Although the literature reveals a number of lay preachers, it mentions no organized noncelibate communal life a ...

SOTERIOLOGY AND PANTHEON OF THE MAHAYANA 101 The six paramita (perfections) are the main course of the bodhisattva ca- reer. As ...

102 CHAPTER FIVE teaching. The second is conforming assent, attained in the sixth bodhisattva- stage and consisting of an intens ...

SOTERIOLOGY AND PANTHEON OF THE MAHAYANA 103 Path, for which no such long ages are deemed necessary. However, the overall progre ...