二乘

dviyāna. The two vehicles conveying to the final goal. There are several definitions:

(1) Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna.

(2) 聲聞 and 緣覺 or 聲覺二乘 . Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha.

(3) 二乘作佛 The Lotus Sūtra teaches that śrāvakas and pratyekas also become Buddhas.

(4) 三一二乘 The "two vehicles" of "three" and "one", the three being the pre-Lotus ideas of śrāvaka, pratyeka, and bodhsattva, the one being the doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra which combined all three in one.