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Great vehicle

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great vehicle
大乗 (Jpn daijo )

Also, Great Vehicle.

The Mahayana teachings.

The Sanskrit word Mahayana means great vehicle. Great vehicle indicates a teaching capable of carrying many people to enlightenment.

The term is used in contrast with the lesser vehicle, Hinayana, a name given by Mahayanists to the more conservative monastic forms of Buddhism of their time and indicating a teaching that can carry only a limited number of people to enlightenment.

Source

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