The Diptych: Response Mode
Mahayana and Theravada: objections and replies
The standard objections each side raises, in their strongest form, with the strongest replies on the record. Every statement here stands under steelman review, and the reviewer and date stand with it. Response Mode adds no argumentation of its own. Return to the comparison
What Mahayana says to Theravada
No reviewed objection from Mahayana to Theravada stands on the record yet. External critique enters this page only in its strongest form, with a reply or a recorded absence, under a named reviewer's steelman determination.
What Theravada says to Mahayana
No reviewed objection from Theravada to Mahayana stands on the record yet. External critique enters this page only in its strongest form, with a reply or a recorded absence, under a named reviewer's steelman determination.
The critique Mahayana raises against itself
No reviewed internal critique stands on the record yet. Internal critique is sourced to a voice from within the tradition: a reformer, a dissenter, a council, or an official document.
The critique Theravada raises against itself
No reviewed internal critique stands on the record yet. Internal critique is sourced to a voice from within the tradition: a reformer, a dissenter, a council, or an official document.