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Question
Write any three differences between Hinayana and Mahayana sects of Buddhism?
Distinguish Between
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Solution
- Hinayana
- Did not worship idols or images of Buddha.
- Practiced austerity.
- Believed that Salvation of the individual as its goal.
- Used Prakrit language.
- Confined to India.
- Mahayana
- Worshiped images of Buddha.
- Observed elaborate rituals.
- Believed that salvation of all beings as its objective.
- Used Sanskrit language.
- Spread to Central Asia, Ceylon, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, where the middle path was accepted.
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Hinayana Sect of Buddhism followed
- Elaborate Rituals
- Prakrit language
- Worship of the images of the Buddha
- The salvation of the individual.
