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.
