Proper context for pejorative words sometimes?

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Re: Proper context for pejorative words sometimes?

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tiltbillings wrote:
Manapa wrote:hinayana was originally used [by whom?] for non-buddhist schools, which aimed at enlightenment such as the Jains, or some Buddhist schools whose existence were the result of Schism,
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some of this has been peiced to gether from different sources from seperate inquiries
tiltbillings wrote:
Manapa wrote:hinayana was originally used [by whom?]

lotus sutta I believe is the first, and chris gives one reference.
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Re: Proper context for pejorative words sometimes?

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Okay.

hinayana was originally used for non-buddhist schools, which aimed at enlightenment such as the Jains, or some Buddhist schools whose existence were the result of Schism, At first was not clear, but is now.
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