• Ekabbohārā

One of the divisions of the Mahāsanghikas (Dpv.v.40; Mhv.v.4).

They were so called because they held that "all the doctrines are understood by a unique and immediate wisdom, for all the doctrines of the Buddha are comprehended by the intellect." (Mhv.187f).

They held, among other things,

• that the Tathāgathas were not subject to worldly laws, that the Dhammacakkas of all Tathāgathas did not agree;
• the Bodhisatta did not pass through the successive stages of embryonic development; that he is born at will among inferior beings for the salvation of mankind;
• with our wisdom the four truths are perfectly understood; he who has perfectly acquired right restraint has cast off all yoga (attachment). Rockhill, op. cit., 183.