Bodhisattvas
The Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu speaks of Buddhism as consisting of the Three Vehicles, and includes specific instructions regarding the Bodhisattva Path and the practices of bodhisattvas. From the Mahāvastu, we know that the Lokottaravādins had a conception of a bodhisattva's progress toward enlightenment as consisting of ten grounds, or bhūmis, as required for Mahāyāna bodhisattvas. These bhūmis described in the Mahāvastu are similar to those in the Mahāyāna Daśabhūmika Sūtra, but the names of these stages seem to differ somewhat.
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