Hīnayāna (as a polemical term in Mahāyāna texts)

Hīnayāna, as used polemically in Mahāyāna Buddhist texts, is a disparaging label for earlier or non-Mahāyāna Buddhist paths that are portrayed as pursuing a more limited, individual liberation rather than the universal ideal of Buddhahood for all beings.

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