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Mahayana was a change in attitude.

By the time of Vasubandhu's Kosa, most of the Mahayana sutras had already been compiled. Therefore, it can't be used as a lead in, as that would be anachronistic. Vasubandhu was writing Hinayana after Mahayana had entered the world. Jaidyn is reading Hinayana after Mahayana has entered the world. T...

Why slog through pre-christian era writing? You could have the whole subject wrapped up in 2 works. The point is this: There's no need for anyone aspiring to enter the Mahāyāna to learn two different Sthaviravāda abhidharma systems. If one has already learned the Theravāda system there is no need w...

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see 7.A.5

You might also appreciate Vasubandhu's distillation of the Abhidharma, his Abhidharmakosa with bhasya. Its a mammoth work, comes in four expensive volumes. You really feel you've developed an arsenal of understanding after reading it. The Pāli Abhidhammapiṭaka is simpler, more straight forward, and...

A lot of the suggestions don't seem to follow on from the Nikayas. If you want to work fairly systematically I suggest Edward Conze's running commentary of his own translations of the Diamond and Heart Sutra. Its short and very interesting. http://www.amazon.com/Buddhist-Wisdom-Diamond-Sutra-Heart/d...