The Path of the Noble Ones: Hinayana View
(HIN 201)

Also known as the “foundational vehicle”, Hinayana is the first vehicle of the three-yana system of study – Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It is the basis for entering the path as taught in Vajrayana traditions. The first course in the series, Hinayana 201, introduces students to the ground or view of Hinayana. The second, Hinayana 202, describes the path and its results.

(HIN 202 will be offered in early 2027.)

Foundational Buddhism explores core teachings of the Buddha’s “First Turning,” the journey of individual liberation. HIN 201 topics include the Four Noble Truths (suffering, causes of suffering, liberation from suffering, and the path); the five skandhas (the basis for clinging to an existent self); dependent origination (the 12 nidanas); and the formation of karma. Views of the two principal schools of early Buddhism will also be introduced (the Sautrantikas and Vaibashikas).

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