[Buddha-l] women & , er, religion

[Piya Tan]

Chrism

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Chris Fynn <cfynn at gmx.net> wrote:

> Richard Hayes wrote:
>
> > On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Piya Tan wrote:
>
> >> Of course, like the word jesuit, hinayana goes both ways. A Jesuit
> >> is a jesuit by any other name.
>
> > There is, however, one important difference. Members of the Society of
> > Jesus happily call themselves Jesuits, while no Buddhist ever calls
> > herself a hīnayānin.
>
> Not quite true...
>
> Tibetans frequently identify themselves as practising both Hinayana and
> Mahayana together.
>
> They teach that outwardly one should follow the Hinayana vows of the
> Pratimoksha, inwardly the Bodhisattva vows, and secretly the Vajrayana -
> beginning with the first.
>
> In this view the Hinayana is seen as the essential foundation for the
> Mahayana.
>


This reminds me of the writings of the Venerable Yinshun..

Piya Tan



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