Hinayanist

To understand this vow, we need to understand what is meant here by Hinayanist.

Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day Three 1985

Thus there was once a Mahayanist faction in Ceylon, but it was recruited from abroad, intermittent in activity and was finally defeated, whereas the Hinayanist tradition was national and continuous.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

Camboja and I-Ching says plainly that Buddhism once nourished there but was exterminated by a wicked king, which may mean that Hinayanist

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

Hinayanist Buddhism countenanced such practices in an age of transition, it did not adopt them permanently for, so far as I have seen, no offerings are made to-day in Cambojan temples, except flowers and sticks of incense.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

But, as I have mentioned above [743], there is some evidence that there was a loose Mahayanist canon in India which was the origin of the arrangement found in the Chinese Tripitaka, in so far as it (1) accepted Hinayanist as well as Mahayanist works, and (2) included a great number of relatively late sûtras, arranged in classes such as Prajnâpâramitâ and Mahâsannipâta.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

It is clear that, though the Hinayanist church was predominant throughout the history of the island, there were up to the twelfth century heretical sects called Vaitulya or Vetulyaka and Vâjira which though hardly rivals of orthodoxy were a thorn in its side.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

They are in no way coloured by the Mahayanist tenets which were already prevalent in India, but state in its severest form the Hinayanist creed, of which he is the most authoritative exponent.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

The Tibetan scriptures reflect the late Buddhism of Magadha when the great books of the Hinayanist

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

Talaing with Telingana or Kalinga is not admitted by all scholars, but native tradition connects the foundation of the kingdom with the east coast of India and it seems certain that such a connection existed in historical times and kept alive Hinayanist Buddhism which may have been originally introduced by this route.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

_Primâ facie_ the statement is not improbable, for there is no reason why the first immigrants should not have been Buddhists, but the traditions connecting these countries with early Hinayanist missionaries are vague.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896