@mattbutnot oh no not at all. That Always makes me cringe. I basically gloss over the philosophy and am interested in how buddhist ideas move memetically from through time and culture. Huayan/Avatamsatka is a very interesting example of that.
@mattbutnot it almost feels like the fundamental hinayana/mahayana split is; hinayana deliberately conditions an individual for enlightenment, while mahayana virally conditions cultures to make enlightened individuals more likely.