Aversion and Mahayana

I think Andrei might have commented once that the suttas are mostly about (liberation from) *lobha* (including craving and attachment) as a problem, and Mahayana is about *dosa*. That's probably an approximation but, even so, what is to be learned about that from Mahayana? I can think of two possible examples ... - Teacher tells you to do things you don't want to do - Breaking "taboos" in some real though perhaps harmless way, e.g. dipping the top of your finger in alcohol and licking it ... but anything else, in general or in particular? Some related question might include: - I'm especially interested in the type of aversion that would cause you to avoid what might be good for you-and-others, rather than a type of aversion that manifests as anger or hatred. - If *nibbida* is meant as an antidote to *lobha* then is there a corresponding antidote to *dosa*? Or should *nibbida* be an antidote to both? --- I'm aware of this topic -- https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/4057/254 However that seems to be quite "descriptive" (of what's happening) -- rather than "practical", "actionable", or "prescriptive". Can an answer to this question address more of the latter? Ven. Yuttadhammo wrote ... > If you want an *abhidhamma* answer, you have to speak in *abhidhamma* terms. "Wishing for pain to go away" is a *sutta* statement. It involves a wisher, and describes a *sutta* action. ... so perhaps in asking this question I was hoping for more of a *sutta* answer.