[Buddha-l] women & , er, religion

[Curt Steinmetz]

This is, of course, true of ALL Mahayana Buddhists. Mahayana is 
inclusive of the Hinayana, not separate from and opposed to it.

Curt

Kdorje at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/28/2009 10:07:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> cfynn at gmx.net writes:
>
> <<<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.
>
> -  C>>>
> Right, the Hinayana in the Tibetan system is the sine qua non.
>  
> One suspects that perhaps our fellow denizens are applying  
> Judeo-Christian-Islamic or other paradigms of competition to a system that  is more likely 
> to incorporate and synthesize than to vanquish differing  views.
>  
> Best  wishes,
>
> Konchog Dorje
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