Yes, I suppose it is often a derogatory term used by non-Theravadan Buddhists. The term "Lesser Wheel" is an old term that emerges from early within the split in Buddhism - with the rise of the Mahasangikhas, the immediate intellectual & spiritual predecessors of the Mahayana movements. When it arose it wasn't necessarily applied in a derogatory the way it is now. And, it was used as a way to identify the (now extinct) 18 branches of early Abhidhamma Buddhism (e.g. Lokottaravadins, Andhakas,et)
Good way to explain it :)
uilium 2 weeks ago
Yes, I suppose it is often a derogatory term used by non-Theravadan Buddhists. The term "Lesser Wheel" is an old term that emerges from early within the split in Buddhism - with the rise of the Mahasangikhas, the immediate intellectual & spiritual predecessors of the Mahayana movements. When it arose it wasn't necessarily applied in a derogatory the way it is now. And, it was used as a way to identify the (now extinct) 18 branches of early Abhidhamma Buddhism (e.g. Lokottaravadins, Andhakas,et)
sethtichenor 3 months ago
Isn't the "lesser wheel" just a term that people of mahayana practice use to refer to theravada as?
Lukezzz93 3 months ago
Interesting video. I don
dogdutyascetic 1 year ago
Be my teacher?
labamba2112 1 year ago
Sure, where are you? Keep tuning in, or if you're ever in the great Pacific Northwest of the US, we can meet & chat sometime.
sethtichenor 1 year ago
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DreamsofMajesty 1 year ago
Wish I could hear it.
kirk75248 1 year ago