檢視 Vehicle 的原始碼

'''Vehicle''' (Skt. ''yāna''; Tib. [[ཐེག་པ་]], ''tekpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''theg pa'') — that which carries us along the spiritual path to our final destination.

[[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]] writes:<ref>{{LH|tibetan-masters/alak-zenkar/nine-yanas|''A Brief Presentation of the Nine Yanas'' by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche}}</ref>
:[...]What is meant by the term ‘vehicle’ or yana[?] It is said in ''The Condensed Sutra'':<ref>i.e., ''The Condensed Prajnaparamita Sutra''</ref>

::This vehicle is the supreme of vehicles for reaching
::The vast sky-like palace of happiness and bliss.
::Riding in this all beings will reach [[nirvana]].

:This refers to the literal meaning of the Sanskrit term ''yana'', a vehicle or means of conveyance, since it is that which carries us along the [[path]]s and [[bhumi]]s, bringing us ever greater [[enlightened qualities]].

==Categories of Vehicle==
The Buddhist teachings are often classified according to yanas, most commonly into:
*the '''[[two yanas]]''', the [[basic vehicle|'basic' or 'individual' vehicle]] (Skt. ''hinayana'') and the [[mahayana|'greater' or 'universal' vehicle]] (Skt. ''mahayana''), or 
*the '''[[three yanas]]'''. 

The [[Nyingma]] tradition also classifies the teachings into '''[[nine yanas]]'''.

There also exists a [[Five vehicles|five yana]] classification.

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