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Śrāvakabhūmi and nirmānao), the three svabhāvas?, the nirvāṇa', the gotradoctrines, the tatāgatagarbhat and the alayavijñānas doctrines have been presented in the light of the Mādhyamika exposition of sūnyata and the Yogācāra concept of āśrayaparāvștti?
In the MSA, Maitreyanātha gives a thorough presentation of the Mahāyāna doctrines and the Yogācāra idealism. Asanga in his commentary gives a comprehensive account of the gotra (III), paripāka (VIII), bodhi (IX), bodhipaksa (XVIII), vaiśāradya, nairātmya (XVIII. 92 sq.), buddhakāya, upāyakausalya (XV), āśraya parāvștti (IX. 45-46), the threefold reality (the parikalpita, paratantra and the parinişpanna lakṣaṇa (XI. 38-41) and the buddhakāya-doctrine (IX. 55-67). Asanga profusely quotes from the Mahāyāna Sūtras and supports the views of his preceptor. He also gives a thorough analysis of the Buddhist canon, especially the Abhidharmas, as it is intimately connected with his exposition of Mahāyāna. Asanga regards the Abhidharma as the background of the Mahāyānic stage.
1. Uttaratantra, I. 143. 2. I. 87. 3. 1. 24, 27-28, 41, 86, 144, 149 etc. 4. 1. 156 (buddhadhātu); see comm. of Sāramati, p. 5, 77, 2, 10,
12, 15, 21, 46 etc. 5. The Alayavi jñāna doctrine is intimately related to the Tathā
gatagarbha-doctrine, See Jobopston, Foreword to Uttaratantra,
p. xiii. 6. I. 92, 155-56. ?. V. 7, 8; 371279 artian actosafat
चतुर्विधं जिनज्ञानविषयेऽस्मिन् यथोदिते ।। धीमानस्तित्वशक्तत्वगुणवत्त्वाधिमुक्तितः ।
तथागतपदप्राप्तिभव्यतामाशु गच्छति ।। 8. MSA, XI. 3; armat Favotat aufzufaa gaalagaa 1 __ अभिरवतोऽथाभीक्ष्ण्यादभिभवगतितोऽभिधर्मश्च ।।
see, verse 4 sq. 9. Cf. Asm., p. 83.
