Hīnayāna
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Key Term | Hīnayāna |
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Hover Popup Choices | Hīnayāna; Lesser Vehicle |
In Tibetan Script | ཐེག་དམན། |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | theg dman |
Devanagari Sanskrit Script | हीनयान |
Romanized Sanskrit | hīnayāna |
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | thekmen |
Chinese Script | 小乘 |
Chinese Pinyin | xiǎo chéng |
English Standard | Lesser Vehicle |
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | Lesser Vehicle |
Ives Waldo's English Term | lesser/individual vehicle |
Alternate Spellings | theg pa dman pa |
Term Type | Noun |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | The mainstream teachings and the early schools of Buddhism which primarily taught individual liberation through practice-focused renunciation and monasticism, considered lesser than the later movement of the Greater Vehicle (Mahāyāna), which professed enlightenment for all sentient beings and promoted compassion. |
Has the Sense of | The term was used mainly by the proponents of the Greater Vehicle, who considered the goals, understanding, practices, methods, and results of this school as being lesser in scope. |
Related Terms | nikāya;śravakayāna |
Definitions | |
Wikipedia | wikipedia:Hinayana |