Hīnayāna
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
hīnayāna · hīnayāna-type
in the texts
Abhisamayālaṅkāravivaraṇa
The 'lesser vehicle' path, invoked as a contrastive lower category against which Mahāyāna knowledge and practice are measured.
the Mahāyāna path of preparation is superior to the hīnayāna path of preparation by six distinctions, namely:
because it is taken up by that, the qualifier 'of hīnayāna type' is placed in the definition of the knowledge of bases.
Cittaviśuddhiprakaraṇa
The 'Lesser Vehicle', characterized in the text as timid and inferior compared to the Mahāyāna.
For those mounted upon the Hīnayāna there is fear of death at every step, and a mind set on victory in battle stands very far off.