Difference between revisions of "Five vehicles"
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[[五乗]] (Jpn [[go-jo]] ) | [[五乗]] (Jpn [[go-jo]] ) | ||
| − | Five kinds of [[teaching]] expounded in accordance with the people's capacity. Vehicle means a [[teaching]] that brings [[people]] to a particular stage of attainment. | + | Five kinds of [[teaching]] expounded in accordance with the people's capacity. [[Vehicle]] means a [[teaching]] that brings [[people]] to a particular stage of [[attainment]]. |
| − | The five vehicles are | + | The [[five vehicles]] are |
: the vehicles of [[ordinary people]], | : the vehicles of [[ordinary people]], | ||
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: [[bodhisattvas]]. | : [[bodhisattvas]]. | ||
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| − | (1) The vehicle of [[ordinary people]] enables one to be [[reborn]] a [[human being]] through honoring the [[three treasures]] of [[Buddhism]] and upholding the [[five precepts]]. | + | (1) The [[vehicle]] of [[ordinary people]] enables one to be [[reborn]] a [[human being]] through honoring the [[three treasures]] of [[Buddhism]] and upholding the [[five precepts]]. |
| − | (2) The vehicle of [[heavenly]] [[beings]] enables one to reach the [[heavenly realms]] through the observance of the ten good [[precepts]] and the practice of the four stages of [[meditation]]. | + | (2) The [[vehicle]] of [[heavenly]] [[beings]] enables one to reach the [[heavenly realms]] through the [[observance]] of the ten good [[precepts]] and the practice of the four stages of [[meditation]]. |
| − | (3) The vehicle of [[voice-hearers]] enables one to attain the state of [[arhat]] through [[awakening]] to the [[four noble truths]]. | + | (3) The [[vehicle]] of [[voice-hearers]] enables one to attain the state of [[arhat]] through [[awakening]] to the [[four noble truths]]. |
| − | (4) The vehicle of cause-awakened ones leads one to the state of [[pratyekabuddha]], or the [[insight]] of the cause-awakened one, through [[awakening]] to the [[doctrine]] of the twelve-linked [[chain of causation]]. | + | (4) The [[vehicle]] of [[cause-awakened ones]] leads one to the state of [[pratyekabuddha]], or the [[insight]] of the [[cause-awakened one]], through [[awakening]] to the [[doctrine]] of the twelve-linked [[chain of causation]]. |
| − | (5) The vehicle of [[bodhisattvas]] brings one to [[Buddhahood]] through the practice of the [[six paramitas]]. | + | (5) The [[vehicle]] of [[bodhisattvas]] brings one to [[Buddhahood]] through the practice of the [[six paramitas]]. |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
| − | There are several differing explanations of the five vehicles. | + | There are several differing explanations of the [[five vehicles]]. |
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Latest revision as of 04:07, 21 January 2015
The five vehicles or yanas (Wyl. theg pa lnga) are:
- The specific vehicle of the gods and humans
- The vehicle of shravakas
- The vehicle of the pratyekabuddhas
- The Mahayana
- The Secret Mantra vehicle
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five vehicles
五乗 (Jpn go-jo )
Five kinds of teaching expounded in accordance with the people's capacity. Vehicle means a teaching that brings people to a particular stage of attainment.
The five vehicles are
- the vehicles of ordinary people,
- heavenly beings,
- voice-hearers,
- cause-awakened ones,
- bodhisattvas.
(1) The vehicle of ordinary people enables one to be reborn a human being through honoring the three treasures of Buddhism and upholding the five precepts.
(2) The vehicle of heavenly beings enables one to reach the heavenly realms through the observance of the ten good precepts and the practice of the four stages of meditation.
(3) The vehicle of voice-hearers enables one to attain the state of arhat through awakening to the four noble truths.
(4) The vehicle of cause-awakened ones leads one to the state of pratyekabuddha, or the insight of the cause-awakened one, through awakening to the doctrine of the twelve-linked chain of causation.
(5) The vehicle of bodhisattvas brings one to Buddhahood through the practice of the six paramitas.
There are several differing explanations of the five vehicles.
