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	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > Is Theravada Only Savaka/sravaka-yana?
		- A Sravaka is a disciple of a Buddha.
		The Mahayana unequivocally says that a Buddha, a Pratyekabuddha and a Sravaka (disciple), all three are equal and alike with regard to their purification or liberation from defilements or impurities (Klesavaranavisuddhi).
		sravaka, disciple) liberated through wisdom are equal with regard to their Vimutta (liberation), but the Tathagatha is different and distinguished from the liberated bhikkhus in that he (Tathagata) discovers and shows the Path (Magga) that was not known before.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/lofiversion/index.php/t8757.html (6602 words)

	Bodhisattva in Buddhism
		Bent on his or her liberation, a Sravaka follows and practises the reaching of the Buddha and finally attains Nirvana.
		It is not conceivable that Sravakas and Bodhisattvas are concentrated in separate geographical areas.
		These three states of the Sravaka, the Pratyekabuddha and the Buddha are mentioned in the Nidhikanda Sutta of the Khuddakapatha, the first book of the Khuddaka-nikaya, one of the five Collections of the Theravada Tripitaka.
	www.budsas.org /ebud/ebdha126.htm (1979 words)

	Order of Nazorean Essenes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Tirthamkara has described the stages in a householder's `life' to be eleven [in number], each subsequent one of which rising by degrees [naturally] includes all the attributes developed in those preceding it.
		He who, avoiding obstacles, observes, without committing transgression, the five anu vratas as well as the seven sila vratas such a being is called a vratika sravaka by the observers of vows.
		He whose approval is not [given] in [respect of] undertakings, and material goods, and worldly activity, that one of serene judgment, is certainly fit to be called as anumati virata sravaka.
	essenes.net /Ratnakaranda.html (5122 words)

	No Thoughts of Gain or Loss is Freedom From Samsara - Chan Master Sheng-yen
		The Sravaka is one who is free of vexation; yet he is not willing to go back to the realm of suffering for any reason.
		The Sravakas are already free from this sort of life, but they still have no idea of the Buddha's wisdom.
		The rabbit represents the Sravaka, the horse represents the Boddhisattva, and the elephant represents the Buddha.
	www.westernchanfellowship.org /87.html (1924 words)

	102 Parables of Bodhicitta
		His pure Wisdom and forceful Compassion is beyond the reach of any sravaka or pratyekabuddha, even though the latters have practiced Buddha Dharmas for hundreds or thousands of kalpas.
		Likewise, a Bodhisattva-mahasattva dwells in the Nice-Root water of Bodhicitta and is fearless of the fire of Liberating Wisdom of sravakas or pratyekabuddhas.
		For example, although a prince has not mastered his way among the attendants, but he already has the manners of a king, and is not equal to his attendants owing to his noble birth.
	www.yogichen.org /chenian/bk109.html (5061 words)

	Buddhism / hinayana / three buddhas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sravaka Buddhas (Pa Savaka-Buddhas) gain Nirvana by hearing the Dharma as passed on from a Samyaksam-Buddha.
		Within the Mahayana tradition, the term Hinayana was coined to indicate those vehicles that lead only to the inferior (hina-) Buddhahood of a Pratyeka Buddha or a Sravaka Buddha.
		Regardless, this appelation has continued to cause understandable defensiveness from schools and traditions whose main goal is the Buddhahood of a Sravaka Buddha.
	www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/three_buddhas.htm (515 words)

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		It has twofold objective : (i) it accomplishes spiritual purification and emancipation by liberating the soul from the clutches of karma; and (ii) it trains the members of the community to cultivate and acquire an attitude of equality towards all the living beings and also to nourish sanctity for each individual and his possessions.
		And it is also a wellknown fact that in the whole of this violencestriken world today, the Jaina house holders (Sravakas and Sravakis) are the only people who give considerable importance to nonviolence or nonhurting (ahimsa) and bring it into practice in their daily life according to their capacity.
		Amitagati holds, for the sravaka who has left home, 9 ways of abstension from himsa are possible and for the one who is still staying at home, 6 ways of the same are possible.l05 Pt.
	www.ibiblio.org /jainism/database/BOOK/srvkacar.doc (14089 words)

	Jain World
		The ethical discipline or Code of Conduct is prescribed in two separate forms: The first, for the monk, known as yatyacara, and the other for the layman or householder, known as sravakacara.
		The term sravaka is commonly used to designate a layman.
		The quintessence of all such etymologies could be as follows: One, who sincerely and regularly listens to the teachings and preachings of the Jina through the monk for the good of one's own self, is a sravaka.
	www.jainworld.com /book/sravakacara/srava.asp (2710 words)

	Nirvana Sutra :: Appreciation of the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I pray that all beings will be blessed with the wonderful light of Great Nirvana of the Mahayana and will show all beings the Buddha-Nature.” O good man! When the Bodhisattva-mahasattva, from his heart of loving-kindness, gives away lamp-light, he should always vow thus.
		O good man! “All the roots of good of all sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and all Tathagatas have as their foundation loving-kindness”.
		O good man! If loving-kindness cannot gain the first “bhumi” [first stage of a higher Bodhisattva], that loving-kindness which is not of the first “bhumi” is, know, that of the sravaka.
	www.nirvanasutra.org.uk /nirvanasutrao.htm (3641 words)

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		Since the aim of the rules of conduct and vows prescribed for the sravakas and sravikas, is self-purification, it is but natural that they should be classified on the basis of their capacity.
		The sravaka is defined as srnoti iti sravakah, that is, the sravaka is a layman who srnoti, i.e., listens to and accordingly follows religious precepts.
		Thus it is clear that both the Digambara and Swetambara texts have been very particular about impressing on the minds of Sravakas their responsibility to lead proper religious life and to become useful members of society.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/ethics_&_jainism.htm (5793 words)

	GlossaryV of Meditation and Buddhist Terms - Meditation in Action - Nyingje Companions-
		The ' sravaka ' in Mahayana schemes in one who has heard and adopted the teachings of the Buddhas, but who has not yet understood them for himself.
		Sravaka can also refer generally to those who are not bodhisattva s or buddhas, and so includes arhat s, who are traditionally held to have come to a deep understanding of the teachings and achieved nirvana.
		In this case, it is a more rhetorical usage, being a slight of the Arhat's realization in suggesting that he has not actually understood the Buddha's true teaching.
	www.hrih.info /glossaryV.html (1804 words)

	The Inspiring and Remarkable
		The Study of the Sravaka Sangha (the Worthy Ones) had kindled in her a great desire to be a Nun herself.
		The Sravaka Sangha are the "Atta Purisa Puggalaa', the eight types of persons who are in the process of attaining, and have already attained the various levels of Mental Discipline, leading to Sainthood; that is Sovan, Sakadagamin, Anagami and Arahant.
		The Sravaka Sangha fall into four pairs of persons, "Cattari purisa yugani" those striving towards, and those who have attained the four mental states leading to Sainthood, as mentioned earlier Sovan, Sakadagamin, Anagamin, and Arahant.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /inspiring_and_remarkable.htm (2545 words)

	A Glossary of Buddhist Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The other three are, Bhiksu, the male who has taken the monastic precepts; Bhiksuni, the female who has taken the monastic precepts; and upasaka, the male who has taken the lay precepts.
		The 'sravaka' in Mahayana schemes in one who has heard and adopted the teachings of the Buddhas, but who has not yet understood them for himself.
		Sravaka can also refer generally to those who are not bodhisattvas or buddhas, and so includes arhats, who are traditionally held to have come to a deep understanding of the teachings and achieved nirvana.
	villa.lakes.com /cdpatton/Dharma/Canon/glossary.html (3117 words)

	The Jaina References in the Buddhist Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Digambara Sastras describe the preparatory course of renunciation thus: A would-be Muni (Udasina Sravaka) in the preliminary stages of development keeps on at first three clothes; and as he makes progress on the path he diminishes his wants and keeps only two and then one garment only, i.e.
		The latter are called the 'Sravakas of the highest stage' (Uttama Sravaka), and they are also known as Ksullaka and Ailaka.
		In the Bud dhist literature, we have the mention of these Sravakas in their similar synonyms as the Digambaras say, i.e.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/jai.htm (3358 words)

	The Prajna Paramita Sutra on the Buddha-Mother's Producing the Three Dharma Treasures, Spoken by the Buddha - Chapter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Among the monks who belong to the vehicle or level of the Sravaka Disciples four unforgivable offences are so serious that, as someone has been guilty of one of them, that one ceases to be a monk, a Shramana, a son or daughter of the Shakya.
		As one's deeds of body, voice and mind are not quite pure, one is a dweller in contamination, not a dweller in detachment, although one may dwell in the remote forest.
		As one leaves this isolated place in the forest, and comes back to a village, one despises Bodhisattvas here, monks who are well behaved, chaste, lovely in character, uncontaminated by mental activities associated with Sravakas, Disciples and Pratyekabuddhas, and living their lives quite pure in body, voice and mind.
	www.e-sangha.com /alphone/0228_21.html (1750 words)

	pamphlets 23
		The sravaka and pratyekabuddha vehicles, on the other hand, are for those who have renounced the household life and focus on spiritual matters.
		Practice for sravakas and pratyekabuddhas, such as vegetarianism and asceticism, may not be appropriate to those in the human and celestial vehicle stage of spiritual development.
		Their dispositions are very much akin to those of sravakas and pratyekabuddhas, and they may one day renounce the household life.
	hsilai.org /english/e_hsilai/reading_room/reading_room_phamphlets23.htm (5227 words)

	Universal Dharma Realms presented in section
		Sravaka is enlightened while they listen to the Four Noble Truths.
		Praetyka-Buddha is also an Arhat, but more superior to the Sravaka.
		It is the first stage of the arhat, that of a Sravaka.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=1095_0_1_0_M (1261 words)

	Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand Information Centre
		Most agree that the usage of 'hina-' as a prefix represents those "inferior", -inferior because they do not lead to the attainment of Samyaksam Buddhahod; so, the hinayana vehicles are those vehicles that lead to Sravaka Buddhahood or Pratyeka Buddhahood.
		The difference of opinion is whether or not the term was chosen because of the other meanings attributed to it - apparently suggesting a nuance to the otherwise categorative term.
		Bodhisattvas should practice all paths - whatever is a path of a sravaka, a pratyeka or a Buddha - and should know all paths.
	www.4dham.com /go2/Hinayana.html (2026 words)

	Damrivi Foundation
		Entered Buddha Sravaka Bhiksu University as the first in order of merit in an island-wide entrance examination and retained the stand throughout all five years, and graduated with first class pass: 1974.
		Placed island-first at GAQ examination held by University of Peradeniya, External Examinations Branch and was awarded internal studentship as a recognition of the merit: 1978.
		Prize for the subject of Pali in all three Prarambha, Madhyama and Avasana examinations of Oriental Studies Society: 1968, 1971, 1975.
	www.damrivi.net /trustees/cv_asanka.htm (660 words)

	The Chan teaching of Mazu
		The Sravaka has buried himself in emptiness and does not know how to get out of his quiet contemplation, for he has no insight into the Buddha-nature itself.
		If a man is of superior character and intelligence he will, under the instruction of a wise director, at once see into the essence of the thing and understand that this is not a matter of stages and processes.
		So we read in the sutra that ordinary beings change in their thoughts but the Sravaka knows no such changes [which means that he never comes out of his meditation of absolute quietude].
	www.purifymind.com /TeachingMazu.htm (2080 words)

	Path of Easy Practice
		So it is with bodhisattvas; concerning the stages of a Sravaka or a pratyekabuddha, they should have a great fear.
		The reason I say this is that if a man makes a vow in his desire to reach the highest perfect Bodhi, he should, until he enters the Stage of Non-retrogression, exert himself day and night, without regard for his life, as if to put out a fire on his head.
		Even a man seeking the enlightenment of the Sravaka or pratyekabuddha should always strive and be diligent, though it is merely for his own benefit.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /pureland/path_of_easy_practice.htm (4258 words)

	blankfram
		the sound-hearers (Sravaka) and the Enlightened to Conditions (Praetyka-Buddha).
		Also called Small Vehicle or Liberated Vehicle, which refers to Sravaka and Praetyka-Buddha.
		It is a school of Buddhism, popular in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, hence also known as Southern Buddhism, in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahayana, the form mainly prevalent from Nepal to Japan.
	www.saigon.com /~hoasen/glossf-k.htm (2172 words)

	KARMA KAGYUD SINGAPORE - Universal mantra of Compassion - Introduction of Avalokiteshvara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With the merits accumulated by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Sravakas, Pratyaka Buddhas, sentient beings and myself whatever merits that I have accumulated, are being accumulated and I have let others accumulated, by the merits of all these may all the impurities of samsara be purified.
		May the realm of hells, hungry ghosts, animals be vanished and may it never arise.
		May the Sravaka and Pratyaka Buddhas eventually accomplish their Bodhicitta.
	www.karma-kagyud.org.sg /UMOC/Univ-Dedication.htm (1082 words)

	The Lotus Sutra
		Wonderful Light is a Bodhisattva whereas Sariputra is a Sravaka.
		Actually, although it is not yet revealed, Sariputra is in fact a Bodhisattva that has manifested himself as a Sravaka as a means of enlightening others.
		The Bodhisattva Wonderful Light and the disciple Sariputra are the teachers of the Buddha’s children and, as such, they will be the ones who will be first taught The Lotus Sutra.
	www.tientai.net /lit/LS/LS1/LS1Manjusriprose4.htm (916 words)

	The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature
		From the Jacket: The present work consists of seven chapters that deal with the Bodhisattva doctrine as expounded in the principal Buddhist Sanskrit literature.
		Chapter I describes the nature of the Bodhisattva doctrine with particular stress on the distinct characteristics of arhat, bodhisattva and sravaka.
		Chapter II recounts the different factors including the influence of Persian religio-cult, Greek art and Christian ethics that contributed to the rise and growth of the Bodhisattva doctrine.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/NAB004 (235 words)

	Simhanada---The Nyingma Lineage
		: a Hearer (Sravaka) of the Teachings aspires to become a Arthat (Arthat is somone who is "worthy," often translated as saint into English).
		An Arhat is "free" from suffering, but still has not reached the final goal.
		Also, the Sravaka Path is for one's own personal liberation.
	www.simhas.org /nyingma.html (2040 words)

	The Collected Works of Shinran Letters Lamp for the Latter Ages 8
		The present "Pure Land school" belongs to the Buddha-treasure.
		The four vehicles are: first, the Buddha vehicle; second, the bodhisattva vehicle; third, the pratyekabuddha vehicle; fourth, the sravaka vehicle.
		The Pure Land school belongs to the bodhisattva vehicle.
	www.shinranworks.com /letters/mattosho8.htm (523 words)

	The Paryushana Parva
		The period can be twice daily (morning and evening), once every lunar phase, every four months, or every year.
		The annual Pratikramana in some form is the minumum for a Sravaka.
		At the conclusion of the festival, the Sravakas request each other for forgiveness for all offenses committed during the last year.
	www.cs.colostate.edu /~malaiya/paryushan.html (1966 words)

	Yana
		Pratyekabuddhas are not interested in turning the wheel of Dharma for the first time.
		Bodhisattvayana: The Samyaksam-Buddha wishes to benefit as many beings as possible, so the individual relinquishes the path of a Sravaka, in order to turn the wheel of Dharma for the first time.
		A second classification came into use with the rise of the Vajrayana, which created a hierarchy of the teachings with the Vajrayana being the highest path.
	www.keywordmage.net /ya/yana.html (724 words)

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