HINAYANA

Hinyana is one of the sects of Buddhism. Difference of opinions, philosophical interpretations and arguments arising from time to time cause formation of new schools of  thought and sects.  In Buddhism, there arose two important sects of thoughts which are known as Hinayana and Mahayana. 

The Hinayana adhered more to the concept of the four noble truths and eight-fold paths which is basically a philosophy with prescribed rules and codes of conducts as also ethical norms. For the Hinayanas, the worship of deities is a secondary concept. The conception of Nirvana is the freedom from all desires and greed, and eventually to get rid of the cycle of rebirth.

Hinayana got it’s name because of this doctrine of achieving the individual salvation. According to this philosophy, each and every person has to work out his own destiny for enlightenment and Nirvana. Comparatively a few are likely to achieve the goal by their own efforts, argue the followers of Mahayana. Hinayana Buddhism is more popularly known as Theravada Buddhism.