Far more than a list of rules, the Vinaya Pitaka also includes the stories behind the origin of each rule, providing a detailed account of the Buddha's solution to the question of how to maintain communal harmony within a large and diverse spiritual community. ... There was controversy within the monks on how to spread the word and more importantly what should be said. ...
The second portion of word Hinayana is "yana" meaning vehicle or vessel. ... Ignorance, to Tibetan Buddhists, is the origin for suffering in the cyclic existence (life, death, and rebirth), which unknowingly causes mind to visualize false objects and concepts. ...
Of the many religions that originated in the Indian peninsula, Buddhism is the one that, during the last decade, has known the biggest enthusiasm and the greatest increase in interest in the West (Baumann & Prebish, p. 85). In fact, this increase in interest is reflected by the numerous stories rela...
