Eight vehicles

• Eight vehicles — theg pa brgyad, of the nine vehicles these are the first eight, which depend on cause and effect. The nine vehicles comprise the three vehicles of the sutras — those of the shravakas, the pratyekabuddhas and the bodhisattvas — and the six vehicles of Kriya, Upaya, Yoga, Maha Yoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga tantras. They can also be grouped into three vehicles, Hinayana, which includes the first two, Mahayana the third one, and Vajrayana the last six. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6