a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts
an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
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The Dai people believe in both original religion and Hinayana Buddhism, which engender important and all-round influence to the culture of the Dai nationality. 摘要傣族人民既信仰原始宗教，也信仰小乘佛教，在宗教信仰上形成了傣族信仰二元化的特点。
