[Buddha-l] women & , er, religion

[Mike Austin]

Richard Hayes wrote:

"Members of the Society of Jesus happily call themselves Jesuits, while 
no Buddhist ever calls herself a hinayanin."

Chris Fynn wrote:

"Not quite true...
Tibetans frequently identify themselves as practising both Hinayana and
Mahayana together."


Motivation defines whether someone is Hinayana or Mahayana. The practice 
shared between Hinayana and Mahayana may be called Hinayana but,  due to 
motivation, a Mahayanist would not call himself/herself a Hinayanist.  I 
think this is what Richard meant.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin