There is scarcely a unitary phenomenon here, save in its concern to identify itself as Mahayana, as a religious tendencies which are seen as inferior, small in scope, that is, as Hinayana.

• 除了标志着大乘佛教之所以是大乘佛教的那份关怀之外，几乎不存在单一/一元的现象，而这份关怀，则体现为一种更伟大、更高层次的达致圆满的道路，有别于那些被认为是低等的、小范围的派别，比如说，上座部佛教（被大乘佛教贬称为“小乘”）。