User talk:BuddhaDharma
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[edit] Theravada and Hinayana
I'm going to revert your edit to Theravada, and wanted to explain why. You are correct that calling the Theravada Hinayana is a perjorative term used in certain Mahayana texts. However, at the spot where you edited it, "inferior vehicle" was being used (correctly) as a translation for Hinayana. Since Hinayana is so commonly used in Mahayana sources to refer to the Theravada, we do need to make mention of the Hinayana and translate it accurately. There are two different terms here; Theravada, which translates as 'way of the elders', and Hinayana, which does translate as 'inferior vehicle'. Hope that makes things a little clearer. Thanks for your work in pruning the external links on some of the Buddhism articles, by the way. It badly needed to be done. --Clay Collier 22:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
no worrys and thanks
