Somewhere around this time, he encountered the master Suryasoma, who instructed him in early Mahayana texts.

The five hindrances to concentration is another list of obstacles to meditation that is presented in both the Pali texts and the Mahayana texts.

The system of the five faults and eight antidotes is presented only in certain Mahayana texts.

The original Sanskrit text is lost, and only fragments remain in certain Mahayana texts.

Mahayana texts are very rich in images of vehicles that serve in metaphors for journeys to awakening.

In the same way the Vinaya Pitaka contains both Hinayana and Mahayana texts.

Some of the writings attributed to Nagarjuna made explicit references to Mahayana texts, but his philosophy was argued within the parameters set out by the agamas.

He added that the Mahayana canonical texts were more numerous here than in any other country Buddhism had reached.

The scheme is also found in Mahayana texts.

The first opinion is supported by several passages in the Pali version of the Tripitaka, the opposite one by some Mahayana texts.