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Lesser Vehicle
6. Frequently with capital initial. Any one of the traditions or schools of spiritual practice in Buddhism. Chiefly in Little Vehicle (or Lesser Vehicle) (see Hinayana n.), Great Vehicle (or Greater Vehicle) (see Mahayana n.).The two major schools in Buddhism are Mahayana and Theravada (the latter sometimes accepted as synonymous with Hinayana, a term which is considered depreciative), although Vajrayana, which developed from Mahayana, is sometimes considered a third.
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1872 S. Johnson Oriental Relig.: India 754 Though the flame be of various lamps, the illumination is one: so with the difference of the two Vehicles... Hiouen Thsang found all the kingdoms of India agitated by the strife between the schools of the Great and Little Vehicles.
1886 W. W. Hunter Indian Empire (ed. 2) v. 147 According to the Northern or ‘Greater Vehicle’, Buddhist monks who transgress wilfully after ordination may yet recover themselves; while..the Southern or ‘Lesser Vehicle’ allowed no room for repentance.
1926 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 96/2 The leaders of the Great Vehicle urged their followers to seek to attain, not so much to Arahatship, which would involve only their own salvation, but to Bodhisatship.
1962 World Buddhism July 8/1 In order to gain Enlightenment one can avail of any of the three forms of vehicles, viz: Mahayana, the Great Vehicle of Supreme Enlightenment, and the lesser two vehicles of Pacceka Bodhi and Arahanta Bodhi.
1979 S. C. Hackett Oriental Philos. iii. 78 The Mahayana spawned a succession of other treaties embodying the special doctrines of that Vehicle.
2011 A. Kozak Everything Buddhism Bk. (ed. 2) ix. 103 There are three different vehicles, or schools, of Buddhist teachings, and virtually all sects of Buddhism fall into one of these three.
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