The connotationof the Daśabhūmika Sūtrais to subdue the arhath concept

Abstract

Daśabhūmika,The Ten Stages, Sutra is an influential Mahāyana Buddhist scripture.In theDaśabhūmikaSūtra, the Buddha describes ten stages of development that a bodhisattva must progress through in order to accomplish full Enlightenment and Buddhahood. Even Though DaśabhūmikaSūtraemphasizes on ten stages of bodhisathvacarya in foreground it delineates the hindrance of arhat concept in the background. In surmise, it seems that popularizingbodhisathva concept and concealing the arhat concept would be the main target of the text.The DaśabhūmikaSūtradescribes themanner of consecrate step by step of bodhisathwa.These dasabhūmis are alternate to the daśapāramitha of pāli tradition.Daśabhūmiimpliesthe bodhisathwacarya according to theBuddhist Sanskrit tradition. Thebodisathwa has not been described similarly to that ofpāli tradition. pāli tradition consecutively admire firstly Buddha,secondly pratyeka Buddha, and thirdly arhat. The bodhusathva's position follows that. Accordingto pāli tradition the bodhisathva is not a person that supersedes the arhat.Butaccording to daśabhūmi, bodisathva has been described similarly to the Buddha.This paper would address on this regard.