Tenet system Sautrantika

Question 1

What are the lower vehicles?

Answer 1

Shravakas
Pratyekabuddhas

Question 2

What are the lower tenets and higher tenets?

Answer 2

Lower (Hinayana)
Vaibhasika
Sautrantika

Higher (Mahayana)
Cittamatra
Madhyamaka

Question 3

What are the differences in the different tenets acc. to self cognizant mind and externality?

Answer 3

Sautrantika: accept self cognizant mind and externality

Vaibhasika: do NOT accept self cognizant mind but accept externality

Sautrantika Svatantrika Madhyamaka do not accept self cognizant mind and do not accept externality (as below in Prasangika)

Prasangika: do NOT accept self cognizant mind and do NOT accept externality (Phenomena do not exist inherently from the object side. But they do exist from the subject side.)

==> all Madhyamaka do not accept externality

Question 4

Name the 2 groups of Sautrantika

Answer 4

Sautrantika following scripture (Abhidharmakosha Archarya Vasubhandu and Arya Asanga)
Sautrantika following reasoning
(Seven treatises of valid cognition (logic) Archarya Dharmakirti)