ཉན་ཐོས་ཀྱི་ཐེག་པ། | Glossary of Terms

The vehicle comprising the teaching of the śrāvakas.

The way or vehicle of the śrāvaka.

The path of the śrāvakas.

The way or vehicle of the śrāvaka.

The vehicle comprising the teaching of the śrāvakas.

The vehicle comprising the teaching of the śrāvakas.

Vehicle of the śrāvakas or hearers, i.e., the path followed by the immediate disciples of the historical Buddha, and those who follow them, that leads to the state of an arhat.

The vehicle comprising the teaching of the śrāvakas, the disciples or “Hearers” who heard the teachings from the Buddha. According to Mahāyāna sources, this is one of the two constitutents (along with the Pratyekabuddhayāna) of the so-called “Lesser Vehicle” (Hīnayāna).

The vehicle comprising the teaching of the śrāvakas, those disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain the state of an arhat by seeking self-liberation. The śrāvakas are typically defined as “those who hear the teaching from the Buddha and make it heard by others.”

The means by which aspirants to nirvāṇa attain the state of a hearer by seeking self-liberation.