Associations to the word «Hinayana»
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Wiktionary
HINAYANA, proper noun. (Buddhism) Theravada Buddhism.
Dictionary definition
HINAYANA, noun. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
HINAYANA, noun. An offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.