Hīnayāna
From Buddha-Nature
Sanskrit Noun
Hīnayāna
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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.
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| Key Term | Hīnayāna |
| Topic Variation | Hīnayāna |
| Tibetan | {{#arraymap: ཐེག་དམན།
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| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | {{#arraymap:theg dman
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| Devanagari Sanskrit | हीनयान |
| Romanized Sanskrit | hīnayāna |
| Chinese | {{#arraymap:小乘|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Chinese Pinyin | {{#arraymap:xiǎo chéng|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | {{#arraymap:Lesser Vehicle|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | {{#arraymap:Lesser Vehicle|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | {{#arraymap:lesser/individual vehicle|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Term Information | |
| 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. |
| Related Terms | {{#arraymap: nikāya,śravakayāna | , | @@@ | @@@ | , }} |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia:Hinayana |
