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ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ། | Glossary of Terms
ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
theg pa dman pa
hīnayāna
- Term
- Lesser Vehicle
- ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
- theg pa dman pa
- hīnayāna
It is a collective term used by proponents of the Great Vehicle to refer to the Śrāvakayāna (Hearer Vehicle) and Pratyekabuddhayāna (Solitary-Buddha Vehicle). The name stems from their goal—i.e., nirvāṇa and personal liberation—being seen as small or lesser than the goal of the Great Vehicle—i.e., buddhahood and liberation of all sentient beings.
- Lesser Vehicle
- ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
- theg pa dman pa
- hīnayāna
This is a collective term used by proponents of the Great Vehicle to refer to the hearer vehicle (śrāvakayāna) and solitary buddha vehicle (pratyekabuddhayāna). The name stems from their goal—i.e. nirvāṇa and personal liberation—being seen as small or lesser than the goal of the Great Vehicle—i.e. buddhahood and the liberation of all sentient beings. See also “Great Vehicle.”
- Lesser Vehicle
- ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
- theg pa dman pa
- hīnayāna
It is a collective term used by proponents of the Great Vehicle to refer to the śrāvakayāna (hearer vehicle) and pratyekabuddhayāna (solitary buddha vehicle). The name stems from their goal—i.e. nirvāṇa and personal liberation—being seen as small or lesser than the goal of the Great Vehicle—i.e. buddhahood and liberation of all sentient beings. See also “Great Vehicle.”
- Hīnayāna
- ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
- theg pa dman pa
- hīnayāna
Literally “the lesser way” or “lesser vehicle.” It is a collective term for the śrāvakayāna and pratyekabuddhayāna, which have nirvāṇa instead of buddhahood as their goal.
- Individual Vehicle
- ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ།
- theg pa dman pa
- hīnayāna
See “Disciple Vehicle.”