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hīna

M [Bad, vile.]

hīnayāna

M [Bad (hīna) ; vehicle (yāna).] "The vehicle of the bads", Sect of bad monks whom diverged from saṃgha by their loosening, laxity. (So, the monks of hīnayāna are against the ones of theravāda)

See also: What is the difference between "hīnayāna" and "mahayāna"?









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Author: Monk Dhamma Sāmi

Date: 2001

Translator: Thierry Lambrou

Update: 2005, June the 20th