[Buddha-l] Buddhist words for "Buddhist"

[Curt Steinmetz]

Would Tibetans consider people like Theravadins and Chinese Pure Land 
Buddhists to also be "insiders"? My guess is that they would - but 
perhaps with some reservations.

But this sounds like the case of the Yanomamo - whose word for 
themselves ("Yanomamo") just turns out to be their word for "human 
being" (a scenario hardly unique to the Yanomamo). It's like saying 
"Tibetan Buddhists call themselves 'us'".

Curt

Dante Rosati wrote:
> In Tibetan it is ནང་པ་ (nang pa) which means "insider".
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