Articles on Hinayana Mahayana Comparison
Nirvana according to the Tibetan Tradition
By Eugéne Obermiller · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934
This article examines interpretations of nirvana in Tibetan Buddhist scholastic tradition. It begins by noting that all Buddhist schools agree that nirvana signifies cessation (nirodha) of the turmoil of phenomenal existence but there is divergence about…
Bodhisattva Pratimoksa Sutra
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
The “Bodhisattva‑Pratimoksa Sūtra” article surveys newly discovered manuscripts of Buddhist monastic disciplinary texts and assesses their implications for understanding the development of the Prātimokṣa. The Prātimokṣa forms the backbone of monastic…
Doctrine of Kāya in Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
This scholarly paper investigates the Buddhist doctrine of kāya (body) as it developed from early (Hīnayāna) Buddhism into the Mahāyāna tri‑kāya theory. In the earliest Pāli texts, the Buddha is portrayed as a historical person possessing a rūpa‑kāya…