--- "R.O.Jadhao" <jadhao@...> skrev:

>
>
> Actually there is nothing demeaning in the word
> hinayana which means "small
> vehicle" (like a motorbike) considering it stresses
> achieving nibbana
> through one's own efforts as a opposed to mahayana
> (big vehicle) which has
> bodhisattvas to count on for liberation.

If I have understood the dictionaries correctly, small
as opposite to great is "hiina", but small as opposite
to big is "culla"; so "cullayaana" (if it existed)
would not be demeaning, but "hiinayaana" is.

Gunnar

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