Note 26 — Chapter II · HISTORICAL CHARACTERISATION OF MAHÂYÂNISM.

(1) Its Comprehensiveness. Mahâyânism does not confine itself to the teachings of one Buddha alone; but wherever and whenever truth is found, even under the disguise of most absurd superstitions, it makes no hesitation to winnow the grain from the husk and assimilate it in its own system. Innumerable good laws taught by Buddhas[26] of all ages and localities are all taken up in the coherent body of Mahâyânism.