³⁸From a historical viewpoint, this suggests an interpretation where the Mahayana school complemented the Buddha’s original theory of desires and frustration by offering interventions that more directly apply to threats. The Buddha may not have talked very much about fear in his discourses, with the expection of the fear of death (e.g. Anguttara Nikaya 4.184; but see footnote 31 in Chapter 14 for a Theravadan quote focused on fear), while the Mahayanan emphasis on meta-awareness may work as a powerful intervention towards threats and fear.