Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

But it is necessary to look out for the others, the evil
ones who are unable to help themselves and by their
own unaided efforts cannot find salvation.
It depends on wisdom; if this is great, then there is much
merit and no hindrance. So I have emphasized merit and
wisdom: both great—Mahayana; both
small—Hinayana.
b. The second positive reason: while in the Hinayana
one does of course find alms giving, morality, and
patience all stressed very much, still these are not
present in the sense of paramita (See Ch. VI, B, 1, a. iv)
because they are not understood with the complete
sunyata of the Mahayana. For this reason the Hinayana
is rightly so named.
c. The Lesser Vehicle follower aspires to liberate
himself, to free himself from the sorrows. Only one
person is considered; therefore, Hinayana is correctly so
named.
What is great here? The Mahayanist tries to develop the
great bodhicitta to benefit others. A bodhisattva should
have such a function from sunyata as to take the five
small poisons of human beings and transmute them into
the Great Poisons of Buddhahood. Names such as Great
Pride, Great Lust, Great Ignorance, etc., (and all are
characteristic of Buddhahood) are written in the
Manjusri Name and Significance of Reality Sutra and
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